cocinar Preterite Conjugation
cocinar — to cook
The preterite of cocinar is regular: cociné, cocinaste, cocinó, cocinamos, cocinasteis, cocinaron.
cocinar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite for completed cooking actions. If you finished making a meal at a specific time yesterday, this is your tense.
Notes on cocinar in the Preterite
Cocinar is regular. Note that 'cocinamos' is the same in both the present and preterite; context will tell you if it's 'we cook' or 'we cooked'.
Example Sentences
Anoche cociné una pasta deliciosa.
Last night I cooked a delicious pasta.
yo
¿Qué cocinaste para el almuerzo?
What did you cook for lunch?
tú
Ellos cocinaron para toda la familia.
They cooked for the whole family.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: cocino
Correct: cocinó
Why: Without the accent, 'cocino' means 'I cook' (present). 'Cocinó' means 'he/she cooked'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: cocino
The present of cocinar is regular: cocino, cocinas, cocina, cocinamos, cocináis, cocinan.
Imperfect
yo: cocinaba
The imperfect of cocinar is regular: cocinaba, cocinabas, cocinaba, cocinábamos, cocinabais, cocinaban.
Future
yo: cocinaré
The future of cocinar is regular: cocinaré, cocinarás, cocinará, cocinaremos, cocinaréis, cocinarán.
Conditional
yo: cocinaría
The conditional of cocinar is regular: cocinaría, cocinarías, cocinaría, cocinaríamos, cocinaríais, cocinarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: cocine
The present subjunctive of cocinar is regular: cocine, cocines, cocine, cocinemos, cocinéis, cocinen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: cocinara
The imperfect subjunctive of cocinar is regular: cocinara, cocinaras, cocinara, cocináramos, cocinarais, cocinaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cocina
The affirmative imperative of cocinar is: cocina (tú), cocine (usted), cocinemos (nosotros), cocinad (vosotros), cocinen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no cocines
The negative imperative of cocinar uses present subjunctive forms: no cocines, no cocine, no cocinemos, no cocinéis, no cocinen.