cocer

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *cocēre, from Latin coquere, present active infinitive of coquō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈθeɾ]

Verb

cocer (first-person singular present cozo, first-person singular preterite coín, past participle coido)

1. to simmer
2. first-person singular personal infinitive of cocer
3. third-person singular personal infinitive of cocer

Alternative forms

• cocur

Etymology

West Germanic *kokar-, whence also Old Frisian koker, Old Saxon kokar (Dutch koker), Old High German kohhār (German Köcher). The origin of the West Germanic word is unknown, but note that a similar word can be found in Turkic and Mongolic languages: see Proto-Mongolic *kökexür for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoker/

Noun

cocer m

1. a quiver for arrows
2. a case, container
3. a sheath

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *cocēre, from Latin coquere, present active infinitive of coquō, from Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”). Some conjugated forms of the verb were reformed through analogy with the infinitive; in Old Spanish, the forms cueza and cuezo were cuega and cuego, respectively, coció was coxo, and the past participle was cocho instead of cocido^[1].

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ko.ˈθer/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ko.ˈser/
• Homophone: coser (non-Castilian dialects)

Verb

cocer (first-person singular present cuezo, first-person singular preterite cocí, past participle cocido)

1. to boil

   cocer a fuego lento - simmer

2. (reflexive, cocerse) to brew

   Algo se está cociendo

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to chafe (get sore)

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