cocer
Spanish, verb/koˈθeɾ/
cocer is spelled C-O-C-E-R (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 31,236th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cocer is a Spanish verb meaning “to boil” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cocinar sumergiendo los alimentos en agua muy caliente o hirviendo”.
What does cocer mean in English?
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)
cocer a fuego lento
- 3
to brew
Algo se está cociendo
- 4
to chafe (get sore)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cocinar sumergiendo los alimentos en agua muy caliente o hirviendo. 2. Tramar, urdir.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cocer
- cuezo first-person present singular
- cocí first-person preterite singular
- cocido participle past
- o-ue alternation
- c-z alternation
- cociendo gerund
- cocida feminine participle past
- cocidos masculine participle past
- cocidas feminine participle past
- cueces indicative informal present
- cocés indicative informal present
- cuece indicative present singular
- cocemos first-person indicative plural
- cocéis indicative plural present
- cuecen indicative plural present
- cocía first-person imperfect indicative
- cocías imperfect indicative second-person
- cocíamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cocer?
- /koˈθeɾ/
- [koˈθeɾ]
- /koˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cocer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cocer in Spanish?
cocer appears 1.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).