Chinese (Mandarin)

Spanish

English

Hindi

Arabic (Modern Standard)

Portuguese

Bengali

Russian

Japanese

Punjabi

German

Javanese

Malay

Telugu

Vietnamese

Korean

French

Marathi

Tamil

Urdu

Turkish

Italian

Chinese, Yue / Cantonese

Thai

Gujarati

Chinese, Jin

Chinese, Min Nan

Dari

Farsi

Polish

Pashto

Kannada

Chinese, Xiang

Malayalam

Sundanese

Hausa

Odia

Burmese

Chinese, Hakka

Ukrainian

Bihari, Bhojpuri

Tagalog

Yoruba

Bihari, Maithili

Uzbek

Sindhi

Amharic

Fula

Romanian

Oromo

Igbo

Azerbaijani

Chinese, Gan

Dutch

Kurdish, Central

Kurdish, Northern

Kurdish, Southern

Malagasy

Lahnda, Saraiki

Nepali

Sinhalese

Chittagonian

Zhuang

Khmer

Turkmen

Assamese

Madurese

Somali

Marwari

Bihari, Magahi

Haryanvi

Hungarian

Chhattisgarhi

Greek

Chewa

Dakhini

Akan, Twi

Akan, Fante

Kazakh

Chinese, Min Bei

Sylheti

Zulu

Czech

Kinyarwanda

Marwari, Dhundhari

Haitian Creole

Chinese, Min Dong

Ilocano

Quechua

Kirundi

Swedish

Hmong

Shona

Uyghur

Hiligaynon

Mossi

Xhosa

Belarusian

Balochi

Spanish (Spain)

### Preparing the ingredients

To follow a recipe, you will need to understand cooking commands. In Spanish, to tell someone to do something, you use different forms for one person (**tú**) and multiple people (**vosotros** / **vosotras**).

- For **tú**, you generally use the same form as the *él/ella* present tense (e.g., **pela**, **bate**, **añade**).
- For **vosotros**, simply replace the final **-r** of the infinitive with a **-d** (e.g., **pelad**, **hervid**, **añadid**).

{{item:1165549}}

{{item:1165551}}

{{item:1165554}}

{{item:1165557}}

### In the kitchen

Next, let's look at the tools and appliances you will use to cook and eat your meals. 

Pay special attention to the noun **el microondas** (the microwave). Even though it ends in an **-s**, it is a singular masculine noun.

{{item:1165562}}

{{item:1165564}}

{{item:1165560}}

### Recent meals

When talking about what you have cooked today or this week, use the present perfect tense (the present tense of **haber** plus a past participle). 

Most verbs in the kitchen follow regular patterns, such as **añadido** (added) or **usado** (used). However, watch out for the verb **freír** (to fry)—its past participle is irregular: **frito** (fried).

{{item:1165567}}

{{item:1165570}}

{{item:1165568}}

Cooking and Kitchenware

adjective

adverb

conjunction

contraction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Singular subjects and 'ser' (yo soy, esto es)

Plural nouns and definite articles (los, las)

Plural pronouns and 'ser' (somos, sois, son)

Adjective agreement (-o, -a, -os, -as)

Indefinite articles (un, una, unos, unas)

Simple negation (no)

Yes/no questions

Regular '-ar' verbs (-o, -as, -a...)

Regular '-er' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Regular '-ir' verbs (-o, -es, -e...)

Locative adverbs (aquí, allí)

Question words (quién, cómo)

The verb estar (estoy, estás)

The preposition en (en)

Ser vs. estar

The verb tener (tengo, tienes)

Possessive determiners (mi, tu, su)

Origin and possession (de, del)

The verb ir (voy, vas)

Destination (a, al)

The personal 'a' (a)

Stem-changing verbs: e to ie

Stem-changing verbs: o to ue

Irregular first-person verbs

Reflexive verbs (me, te, se)

Numbers 1 to 10 (uno, dos, tres)

Numbers 11 to 20 (once, doce, trece)

Counting by tens to 100 (treinta, cuarenta, cien)

Compound numbers up to 99 (veintiuno, treinta y uno)

Days of the week (el lunes, el martes)

The family and the personal 'a' (a mi tío, a mi prima)

Months of the year

Telling time (es la, son las)

Verbs of liking (me gusta)

Plural agreement with verbs of liking (gustan)

Degree modifiers (muy, mucho)

Formal address (usted, ustedes)

Direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las)

The near future (ir a)

Obligation (tener que)

Present continuous (-ando, -iendo)

Affirmative commands (tú, vosotros)

Basic Food and Drink

The Human Body: Head and Arms

The Human Body: Legs and Health

Wardrobe Essentials

Fresh Produce

Meals and Proteins

Public Transport

Hello and goodbye (hola, ¿qué tal?)

Thank you, sorry, OK (gracias, vale)

There is, there are (hay)

My building (la escalera, el ascensor)

Describing people (moreno, rubio, tímido)

Land and sea (el mar, el río, el norte)

Sightseeing (la plaza, la catedral)

Asking the way (cerca, a la derecha, todo recto)

In class (¿puedes repetir?)

Verb + infinitive (quiero comer, sé leer)

What's your name? (me llamo, encantado)

Phone, computer and email

Hundreds and thousands (doscientos, mil)

What do you do? (¿a qué te dedicas?)

Personal details (la edad, la fecha de nacimiento)

Me neither (también, tampoco, ni)

How much is it? (el precio, la vuelta)

What's the weather like? (hace sol, nieva)

Free time (el concierto, el tenis)

At the bar (¿qué vas a tomar?)

The Natural World

Demonstratives (este, ese, aquel)

Prepositions of place (encima de, debajo de)

Prepositional pronouns (para mí, contigo)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 10th (primero to décimo)

Adverbs of frequency (a veces, nunca)

Exclamations (¡qué...!)

Indefinite pronouns (algo, alguien)

Indefinite determiners (algún, ningún)

Indirect object pronouns (le, les)

Double object pronouns (me lo, te la)

Double object pronouns (se lo, se la)

Verbs of preference (encantar, interesar)

Impersonal obligation (hay que)

Starting and finishing actions (empezar a, terminar de)

Adjective comparatives (más que, menos que)

Comparatives of equality (tan como)

Noun comparatives (tanto como)

Question	Answer
to peel	pelar
Peel the potato and the onion.	Pela la patata y la cebolla.
to boil	hervir
Peel the carrots and boil the water.	Pelad las zanahorias y hervid el agua.
to whisk	batir
the fork	el tenedor
Whisk the eggs with the fork.	Bate los huevos con el tenedor.
to add	añadir
the pot	la olla
Add the meat to the pot.	Añadid la carne a la olla.
Whisk the eggs and add the salt.	Bate los huevos y añade la sal.
the spoon	la cuchara
My brother does not have a clean spoon.	Mi hermano no tiene una cuchara limpia.
the microwave	el microondas
My sister does not use the microwave.	Mi hermana no usa el microondas.
the fridge	la nevera
The water from the fridge does not boil fast.	El agua de la nevera no hierve rápido.
The pot and the microwave are dirty.	La olla y el microondas están sucios.
to fry	freír
Today my father has fried the fish.	Hoy mi padre ha frito el pescado.
This week we have used the fridge a lot.	Esta semana hemos usado mucho la nevera.
This week we have not fried anything.	Esta semana no hemos frito nada.
Today my mother has not added salt to the salad.	Hoy mi madre no ha añadido sal a la ensalada.
I need a fork and a spoon to eat.	Necesito un tenedor y una cuchara para comer.
to put in, to add (salt, oil)	echar
Put salt in the soup.	Echa sal a la sopa.
Do not put a lot of oil in the frying pan.	No eches mucho aceite en la sartén.
My father puts a little milk in the coffee.	Mi padre echa un poco de leche al café.
to put (into)	meter
Put the meat in the oven.	Mete la carne en el horno.
Have you already put the milk in the fridge?	¿Ya has metido la leche en la nevera?
Today I have put the fish in the microwave.	Hoy he metido el pescado en el microondas.
Do not put the spoon in the pot.	No metas la cuchara en la olla.
the freezer	el congelador
The ice cream is in the freezer.	El helado está en el congelador.
Take the meat out of the freezer.	Saca la carne del congelador.
to fill	llenar
Fill the pot with water.	Llena la olla de agua.
We filled the fridge for the party.	Llenamos la nevera para la fiesta.
the cooker, the stove	la cocina
Have you turned off the cooker?	¿Has apagado la cocina?
The cooker isn't working; we're using the microwave.	La cocina no funciona; usamos el microondas.

Contributors