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Cooking

Verbs
fry freír
cut/ chop (large pieces) cortar
peel pelar
strain colar
add añadir/ agregar
boil hervir
cover/ put a lid on tapar
mix mezclar
salt salar
to beat/ whip batir
cover (in general) cubrir
heat calentar
cool enfriar
cook (x2) cocer/ cocinar
dry secar
stir revolver
take out/ remove retirar
bake hornear
brown/ make golden dorar
fill llenar
braise guisar
prepare preparar
measure medir
heat calentar
bake hornear
melt derretir
serve servir
boil hervir
wash lavar
grease engrasar
knead amasar
separate separar
slice rebanar
freeze congelar
defrost descongelar
mix mezclar
toast tostar
beat batir
grate rallar
season (x3) aderezar/ condimentar/ salpimentar
squeeze exprimir
grind moler
roll enrollar
burn (transitive & intransitive) quemar/ quemarse
dice/ mince (small pieces) picar
clean (either remove dirt from or as in a limpiar
fish or chicken)
set (lay out place settings) poner la mesa
clear (dishes from a table) levantar/ quitar la mesa
combine (see also "mix") combinar
dissolve disolver
drain (x2) escurrir/ colar
pull/ extract (x2) sacar/ extraer
[note: corkscrew = "sacacorchos"]
mash (x4) hacer puré de/ moler/ pisar/ espichar
[note: potato masher = "pisapure"]
pour verter
throw out desechar/ tirar
rinse (vs. wash) enjuagar
roast asar
sample probar
taste (transitive vs. intransitive) degustar/ saber
sauté saltear
shake agitar
sift tamizar
spill derramar
spread (e.g. butter on toast) untar
sprinkle espolvorear
flip/ turn over darle la vuelta
stick to pegarse
stuff rellenar
turn up (e.g. heat/ flame) subir
turn down/ reduce bajar
wrap envolver
heat calentar
soak remojar

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