cocer
Meanings
Verb
1. to boil
2. to cook (only used in situations where the food being prepared is submitted to fire; such as through the processes of boiling, simmering or steaming anything; or baking bread slowly in an oven)
3. to brew (reflexive, figurative, figuratively)
4. to chafe (get sore) (pronominal)
Examples20
Algo se está cociendo
Something is brewing
cocer a fuego lento
simmer
Cueza usted esas papas.
Boil those potatoes.
Ella coció los huevos.
She boiled the eggs.
Tom está cociendo un huevo.
Tom is boiling an egg.
Ella está cociendo huevos en la cocina.
She's boiling eggs in the kitchen.