Esperanto Cooking Vocabulary

Here are Esperanto words for cooking to start with: kuiri (cook), tranĉi (cut), tranĉilo (knife), boligi (boil). Below are 40 words (A1–C1) with their English translations and part of speech, across 5 themed lists.

A cook plating pasta with tomato sauce in a kitchen
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Cooking Basics

A1–A2
EnglishEsperantoTypeLevel
cookkuiriverbA1
cuttranĉiverbA1
knifetranĉilonounA1
boilboligiverbA2
bowlbovlonounA2
ovenfornonounA2
panpatonounA2
stovekuirfornonounA2

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Cooking Intermediate

A2–B1
EnglishEsperantoTypeLevel
bakebakiverbA2
pourverŝiverbA2
prepareprepariverbA2
rawkrudaadjA2
smokefumaĵiverbA2
flambéflambiverbB1
food preparationmanĝaĵopreparonounB1
fryfritiverbB1

Cooking Advanced

B1–C1
EnglishEsperantoTypeLevel
reductionreduktaĵonounB1
blanchbrogiverbC1
caramelizekarameligiverbC1
culinary techniquekuirarta teknikonounC1
dehydrationdehidratigonounC1
emulsifyemulsiiverbC1
marinademarinaĵonounC1
simmerboletiverbC1

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Cooking Techniques

B1
EnglishEsperantoTypeLevel
to foldenmiksiverbB1
to marinatemariniverbB1
to reducereduktiverbB1
to sautérapidfritiverbB1
to seasonspiciverbB1
to simmerboletigiverbB1
to strainfiltriverbB1
to whiskkirliverbB1

Kitchen Tools

A2–B1
EnglishEsperantoTypeLevel
measuring cupmezurtasonounA2
measuring spoonmezura kuleronounA2
timertempumilonounA2
graterraspilonounB1
ladleĉerpkuleronounB1
peelersenŝeligilonounB1
spatulaspatulonounB1
tongspinĉilonounB1

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A sample of the A1–C1 words. The rest are in the app

Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch

These lists show a sample of the A1–C1 words for cooking. The packs in Watch Your Language hold more and reach the advanced levels, along with every other topic.

The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.

Common questions

Which Esperanto words should I learn for cooking?

You could start with words like kuiri (cook), tranĉi (cut), tranĉilo (knife), boligi (boil). This page lists 40 Esperanto words for cooking (A1–C1), each with its English translation and part of speech.

How can I remember these Esperanto words?

Reading a list once is rarely enough. Watch Your Language shows Esperanto words like these in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and schedules repeats so the words you keep forgetting come back more often.

Are these word lists free?

Yes. The lists on this page are free to read, with no sign-up. The app holds more words for each topic.

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