Sí, estoy en la cocina.
Yes, I'm in the kitchen.
Someone gets home and calls out from the hallway, and estoy en la cocina tells them which room to find you in.
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Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "kitchen" in Spanish
la cocina
nounfeminineplural: las cocinas
"Kitchen" in Spanish is la cocina. The same word can mean the stove in Spain and a style of food, as in la cocina española, Spanish cuisine. Without the article it's a verb form: Mi padre cocina means my dad cooks.
Hear "cocina" in real movie scenes
Two scenes, both with en la cocina. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Creo que olvidaste algo en la cocina.
I think you forgot something in the kitchen.
In the middle of packing up comes a warning that something got left behind, and en la cocina points to the exact room.
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Words you'll need in a Spanish kitchen
The room, the verb and the things you find in it.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| la cocina | kitchen; in Spain also the stove |
| cocinar | to cook |
| el cocinero, la cocinera | cook, chef |
| la nevera | fridge |
| el horno | oven |
| el fregadero | kitchen sink |
Tip: On menus and in cookbooks, cocina names a style of food: la cocina mexicana is Mexican cooking.
Grammar: la cocina, las cocinas
Four points for the room and the verb.
It's feminine
la cocina, una cocina, las cocinas. Adjectives take the -a ending too: una cocina grande.In it or going to it
Use en for where you are: Estoy en la cocina. Use a with ir: Voy a la cocina.Room or verb
With la it's the room. On its own after a person, cocina comes from cocinar: Mi padre cocina. My dad cooks.Two c sounds
The first c is a hard k. The second one, before i, is an s in Latin America and a th in most of Spain: koh-THEE-nah.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
La cocina está al fondo.
The kitchen is at the back.
¿Quieres hablar de esto en la cocina?
Do you want to talk about this in the kitchen?
Mi padre cocina.
My dad cooks.
Perdona, ¿la cocina está a la izquierda?
Excuse me, is the kitchen on the left?
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗Mi madre es una buena cocina
✓Mi madre es una buena cocinera
La cocina is the room. The person who cooks is el cocinero or la cocinera.
✗Voy en la cocina
✓Voy a la cocina
After ir, use a for the place you're heading to. En is for the room you're already in.
✗koh-CHEE-nah (pronunciation)
✓koh-SEE-nah
That chee sound belongs to Italian cucina. In Spanish, ci sounds like see, or thee in most of Spain.
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How to remember it
Cocina starts with the same sound as cook. Picture a cook stirring a pot and calling out Estoy en la cocina.
Questions about "kitchen" in Spanish
How do you say kitchen in Spanish?
La cocina. It's feminine, and more than one kitchen is las cocinas.
How do you say "in the kitchen" in Spanish?
En la cocina: Estoy en la cocina. When you're on your way there, say Voy a la cocina.
Does cocina also mean cook?
Yes. Without an article, cocina is a form of the verb cocinar: Mi padre cocina. The person who cooks is el cocinero or la cocinera.
How do you pronounce cocina?
koh-SEE-nah in Latin America. In most of Spain the ci has a th sound: koh-THEE-nah.
