Cocinar conjugation chart
Cocinar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I cook | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you cook | |
| vos | you cook | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she cooks | |
| nosotros | we cook | |
| vosotros | you all cook | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they cook |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cocinar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I cooked | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you cooked | |
| vos | you cooked | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she cooked | |
| nosotros | we cooked | |
| vosotros | you all cooked | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they cooked |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cocinar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to cook | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to cook | |
| vos | you used to cook | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to cook | |
| nosotros | we used to cook | |
| vosotros | you all used to cook | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to cook |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cocinar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will cook | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will cook | |
| vos | you will cook | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will cook | |
| nosotros | we will cook | |
| vosotros | you all will cook | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will cook |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cocinar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would cook | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would cook | |
| vos | you would cook | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would cook | |
| nosotros | we would cook | |
| vosotros | you all would cook | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would cook |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cocinar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I cook | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you cook | |
| vos | that you cook | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she cook | |
| nosotros | that we cook | |
| vosotros | that you all cook | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they cook |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cocinar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I cooked | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you cooked | |
| vos | if you cooked | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she cooked | |
| nosotros | if we cooked | |
| vosotros | if you all cooked | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they cooked |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (cocinase), more common in writing.
Cocinar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | cook! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | cook! | |
| usted | cook! | |
| nosotros | let's cook! | |
| vosotros | cook! | |
| ustedes | cook! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: cocina. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (cocine, cocinemos, cocinen).
Cocinar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't cook! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't cook! | |
| usted | don't cook! | |
| nosotros | let's not cook! | |
| vosotros | don't cook! | |
| ustedes | don't cook! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + cocines, cocine…
Always the verb haber + the past participle cocinado, which never changes.
Cocinar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he cocinado |
|---|---|
| tú | has cocinado |
| vos | has cocinado |
| él, ella, usted | ha cocinado |
| nosotros | hemos cocinado |
| vosotros | habéis cocinado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han cocinado |
Cocinar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había cocinado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías cocinado |
| vos | habías cocinado |
| él, ella, usted | había cocinado |
| nosotros | habíamos cocinado |
| vosotros | habíais cocinado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían cocinado |
Cocinar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré cocinado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás cocinado |
| vos | habrás cocinado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá cocinado |
| nosotros | habremos cocinado |
| vosotros | habréis cocinado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán cocinado |
Cocinar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría cocinado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías cocinado |
| vos | habrías cocinado |
| él, ella, usted | habría cocinado |
| nosotros | habríamos cocinado |
| vosotros | habríais cocinado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían cocinado |
Cocinar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya cocinado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas cocinado |
| vos | hayas cocinado |
| él, ella, usted | haya cocinado |
| nosotros | hayamos cocinado |
| vosotros | hayáis cocinado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan cocinado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Cocinar is cooking in general (cocino bien, I'm a good cook). For one dish, people often say hacer or preparar: hice arroz. And la cocina is both the kitchen and a cuisine: la cocina mexicana.
Examples with cocinar
Mi esposo cocina mejor que yo.
My husband cooks better than I do.
Anoche cocinamos para doce personas.
Last night we cooked for twelve people.
Si cocinás vos, yo lavo los platos.
If you cook, I'll do the dishes.
Practice cocinar
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