cook

cocinero, cocinera

Persona que prepara comida, como profesión o en casa.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who prepares food, as a job or at home.

• My father is a good cook.
• The restaurant hired two cooks.
• Who is the best cook in your family?

Sinónimos: chef

Expresiones frecuentes: good cook, restaurant cook, head cook

fabricante de drogas

Persona que fabrica drogas ilegales, especialmente metanfetamina.

En inglés sencillo: Someone who makes illegal drugs, especially methamphetamine.

• Police arrested a meth cook.
• The cooks worked in an illegal drug lab.
• Investigators found chemicals used by the cook.

Expresiones frecuentes: meth cook, drug cook

cocinar

Preparar alimentos para comerlos, normalmente mediante calor.

En inglés sencillo: To prepare food for eating, usually by heating it.

• I cook dinner every evening.
• She cooked rice for lunch.
• Can you cook for six people?

Cómo se usa: cook something for someone (He cooked a meal for his friends.); cook someone something (She cooked us dinner.)

Sinónimos: prepare

Expresiones frecuentes: cook dinner, cook a meal, cook for someone, cook rice

asarse, achicharrarse

Sentir tanto calor que parece que te estás asando.

En inglés sencillo: To feel much too hot.

• We are cooking in this room.
• The dog was cooking in the hot car.
• Without a fan, I cooked all afternoon.

Sinónimos: roast, swelter

Expresiones frecuentes: cook in something, cook in here