Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cocino | |
| tú | cocinas | |
| él / ella / usted | cocina | |
| nosotros / nosotras | cocinamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | cocináis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cocinan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cociné | |
| tú | cocinaste | |
| él / ella / usted | cocinó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | cocinamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | cocinasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cocinaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cocinaba | |
| tú | cocinabas | |
| él / ella / usted | cocinaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | cocinábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | cocinabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cocinaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cocinaré | |
| tú | cocinarás | |
| él / ella / usted | cocinará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | cocinaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | cocinaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cocinarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cocinaría | |
| tú | cocinarías | |
| él / ella / usted | cocinaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | cocinaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | cocinaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cocinarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | cocine | |
| tú | cocines | |
| él / ella / usted | cocine | |
| nosotros / nosotras | cocinemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | cocinéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | cocinen |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to cook
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Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations