Meaning
to cook
In a sentence
Stasera cucino la pasta per tutti.
Tonight I'm cooking pasta for everyone.
Hai cucinato tu il pranzo oggi?
Did you cook lunch today?
Non mi piace cucinare quando sono stanco.
I don't like cooking when I'm tired.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| cucinare | infinitive |
| cuciniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| cucino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| cucinate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cucini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cucinano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cucina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cucinavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cucinavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cucinavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cucinavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cucinavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cucinava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cucinammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| cucinai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| cucinaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| cucinasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| cucinarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| cucinò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| cucineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| cucinerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| cucinerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| cucinerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| cucineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| cucinerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| cuciniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| cucini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| cuciniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cucini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cucinino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cucini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cucinassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cucinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cucinaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cucinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cucinassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cucinasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cucineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| cucinerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| cucinereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cucineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cucinerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cucinerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cuciniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| cucinate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| cucina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| cucinando | gerund |
| cucinato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use cucinare for preparing food in general; cuocere focuses on the actual cooking/heating process.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho cucinato. Reflexive cucinarsi means to cook something for oneself.
- You can say cucinare qualcosa or cucinare per qualcuno. Avoid using a before the food object.