Portuguese words for beginners : Useful Kitchen verbs

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Here’s a complete Portuguese verbs list about cooking. Increase your Portuguese vocabulary fast and efficiently with this useful verbs list!

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ENGLISH	PORTUGUESE
to add	acrescentar
to add salt, pepper, spices (to season)	adicionar sal, pimenta, especiarias (temporada)
to aromatize, to flavor	aromatizar, dar sabor
to bake	assar
to barbecue	churrasco
to beat, to whisk (eggs)	bater, bater (ovos)
to blanch	branquear
to boil	ferver
to boil eggs	ferver os ovos
to boil, to scald	ferver, escaldar
to braise	braise
to bread, to coat with breadcrumbs	ao pão, ao casaco com migalhas de pão
to bring to a simmer	trazer em lume brando
to brown onions	em cebolas marrons
to brown/ to fry lightly	a marrom/ fritar levemente
to brush	escovar
to butter	manteiga
to carve (meat)	entalhar (carne)
to chisel	cinzel
to chop, to mince	cortar, picar
to clean up	limpar
to coat	o casaco
to collect	recolher
to colour	colorir
to complete	completar
to continue to	continuar a
to cook	cozinhar
to cool down	se refrescar um pouco
to correct	corrigir
to count	contar
to cover	cobrir
to crumble	se desintegrar
to crush	esmagar
to cut	cortar
to cut into thin slices, to slice thinly, to chop	cortar em fatias finas, cortar finamente, cortar
to debit	débito
to debone	debone
to decorate	decorar
to deglaze	deglaze
to desalinate	dessalinizar
to detail	em pormenor
to dice, to cube	aos dados, ao cubo
to dilute	diluir
to dip, to soak	mergulhar, mergulhar
to discard	deitar fora
to disgorge	disgorge
to dispose	dispor de
to dissolve	se dissolver
to distribute, to divide	distribuir, dividir
to do the dishes, to do the washing-up	lavar a louça, lavar a louça
to drain	drenar
to drain pasta	drenar as massas
to drizzle with oil	regar com óleo
to dry	secar
to dry out	secar fora
to dry up	secar
to empty	vazio
to emulsify	emulsionar
to expand	expandir
to fill in	preencher os requisitos
to filter	filtrar
to flambé	flambé
to flatten	achatar
to flavour with sauce	ao sabor com molho
to flip	virar
to flour	a farinha
to frost	geada
to fry	fritar
to garnish	enfeitar
to gather	reunir
to get out	sair
to get rid of	se livrar de
to grab	agarrar
to grate, to shred	ralar, rasgar
to grease a baking tin with butter	untar uma assadeira com manteiga
to grill	grelhar
to grill fish	grelhar os peixes
to grind	moer
to gut (a fish, a chicken)	gut (um peixe, uma galinha)
to halve	reduzir metade
to hand over	entregar
to heat	aquecer
to incorporate	incorporar
to infuse	infusão
to keep warm	se manter quente
to knead	ajoelhar
to knead	ajoelhar
to lay the table	colocar na mesa
to loosen	soltar
to lower the temperature	reduzir as temperaturas
to macerate	macerar
to mash	amassar
to melt	derreter
to mix	misturar
to mix/ to stir	misturar/ agitar
to mop up, to wipe (off)	limpar, limpar (fora)
to oil	petróleo
to open	abrir
to pass	passar
to paste	colar
to peel	descascar
to pepper	pimenta
to perfume	perfumar
to pinch	beliscar
to pit	pit
to place	colocar
to place in the oven	colocar no forno
to plunge	mergulhar
to poach eggs	roubar os ovos
to poach fish	roubar peixes
to pose	posar
to pour	derramar
to powder	em pó
to preheat the oven	pré aquecer o forno
to prepare	preparar
to prepare the meal	preparar as refeições
to prepare, to make	preparar, fazer
to present	apresentar
to press	pressionar
to protect	proteger
to prune	podar
to put	colocar
to raise	aumentar
to reduce	reduzir
to refresh	refrescar
to reheat, to warm up	reaquecer, aquecer
to remove	remover
to remove	remover
to remove stems	remover os caules
to reserve	reservar
to rest	descansar
to restart	reiniciar
to restore	restaurar
to return	voltar
to rinse	enxaguar
to roast	assar
to roast	assar
to roast meat	em carne assar
to roll	rolar
to rub	esfregar
to salt	ao sal
to scale	em escala
to scoop out	escavar fora
to scrape	raspar
to sear	procurar
to season	temporada
to seed	semente
to separate	separar
to serve	servir
to set a plate	colocar um prato
to shake	agitar
to shape	dar forma
to share	partilhar
to shell	shell
to shred	em pedaços
to sieve	peneirar
to simmer	ferver
to skim	skim
to slice	fatiar
to smooth	suavizar
to soften	amolecer
to sort	classificar
to spill (a dish)	derramar (um prato)
to spin	girar
to split	dividir
to sponge	esponja
to spread	espalhar
to sprinkle	polvilhar
to steam	vapor
to stew	guisado
to sting	picar
to stir	agitar
to stir-fry vegetables	fritar os legumes
to store	armazenar
to strain	forçar
to stuff	coisas
to take	tomar
to taste	a gosto
to thicken	engrossar
to thin a sauce	emagrecer um molho
to thin out the leaves	emagrecer as folhas
to throw, to discard	jogar, descartar
to tidy	arrumar
to tie	amarrar
to tie up	amarrar
to tighten	apertar
to tilt	inclinar
to toast	brindar
to trim	aparar
to turn	virar
to turn down the heat	baixar o lume baixo
to turn up the heat	aumentar o calor do
to unmould	sem ser chamado
to unravel	desvendar
to unshell	unshell
to upholster	estofos
to warm	aquecer
to wash	lavar
to water	a água
to weigh	pesar
to whip	chicotear
to whip (up) the eggwhites	chicotear (cima) os eggwhites
to wipe (to clean with a sponge)	limpar (limpar com uma esponja)
to wrap up	encerrar

Portuguese words for beginners : Useful Kitchen verbs

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