Verb · regular -ar
cocinar
to cook
The thing that catches people out
Fully regular. The noun for a cook is el cocinero, and la cocina is both the kitchen and the cooking.
Present
What happens, and what is happening now.
| yo | cocino | |
| tú | cocinas | |
| él, ella, usted | cocina | |
| nosotros | cocinamos | |
| ellos, ustedes | cocinan | |
| vosotros, Spain only | cocináis |
Preterite, the finished past
Something that happened and is over: yesterday, last year, once.
| yo | cociné | |
| tú | cocinaste | |
| él, ella, usted | cocinó | |
| nosotros | cocinamos | |
| ellos, ustedes | cocinaron | |
| vosotros, Spain only | cocinasteis |
Imperfect, the background past
What used to happen, or was going on when something else happened.
| yo | cocinaba | |
| tú | cocinabas | |
| él, ella, usted | cocinaba | |
| nosotros | cocinábamos | |
| ellos, ustedes | cocinaban | |
| vosotros, Spain only | cocinabais |
Future
Will do. In conversation, ir a plus the verb is more common: voy a comer.
| yo | cocinaré | |
| tú | cocinarás | |
| él, ella, usted | cocinará | |
| nosotros | cocinaremos | |
| ellos, ustedes | cocinarán | |
| vosotros, Spain only | cocinaréis |
Present perfect
Have done. Used far more in Spain, where it covers today; most of Latin America uses the preterite there.
| yo | he cocinado | |
| tú | has cocinado | |
| él, ella, usted | ha cocinado | |
| nosotros | hemos cocinado | |
| ellos, ustedes | han cocinado | |
| vosotros, Spain only | habéis cocinado |
Other forms
The -ing form, the form that follows he, has and ha, and how to tell someone to do it.
| -ing form | cocinando | |
| participle | cocinado | |
| command, to tú | cocina | |
| command, to usted | cocine |
In a sentence
me gusta cocinar
I like cooking
¿quién cocinó?
who cooked?