Meaning
to cook, to bake
- to cook
- to bake
- to boil
In a sentence
Stasera cuocio il pollo con le patate.
Tonight I'm cooking chicken with potatoes.
Hai già cotto la pizza nel forno?
Have you already baked the pizza in the oven?
Non cuocere troppo la pasta, per favore.
Don't cook the pasta too long, please.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| cuocere | infinitive |
| cuociamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| cuocio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| cuocete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cuoci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cuociono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cuoce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cuocevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cuocevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cuocevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cuocevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cuocevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cuoceva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cuocemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| cossi | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| cuoceste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| cuocesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| cossero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| cosse | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| cuoceremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| cuocerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| cuocerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| cuocerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| cuoceranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| cuocerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| cuociamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| cuocia | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| cuociate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cuocia | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cuociano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cuocia | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cuocessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| cuocessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| cuoceste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| cuocessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| cuocessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| cuocesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| cuoceremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| cuocerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| cuocereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| cuoceresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| cuocerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| cuocerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| cuociamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| cuocete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| cuoci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| cuocendo | gerund |
| cotto | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use cuocere for applying heat; cucinare is broader and can mean preparing a whole meal.
- Past participle is cotto. With essere in intransitive uses, it agrees: Le verdure sono cotte.
- Often transitive with avere: Ho cotto il pane. But intransitive cooking-state uses commonly take essere: La pasta è cotta.
- present: cuocio, cuoci, cuoce, cuociamo, cuocete, cuociono
- past participle cotto