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bucătar

cook /bu.kəˈtar/

noun#3659 most common

Also: chef, kitchen cook

Example sentences

Tata este bucătar.
Dad is a cook.
Bucătarul gătește o supă delicioasă.
The cook is making a delicious soup.
Am vorbit cu bucătarul restaurantului ieri.
I spoke with the restaurant's cook yesterday.
Mulți bucătari lucrează sub presiune în bucătăriile aglomerate.
Many cooks work under pressure in crowded kitchens.
Fără experiența bucătarilor talentați, restaurantul nu ar fi câștigat acel premiu.
Without the experience of talented cooks, the restaurant would not have won that award.
Reputația bucătarului-șef s-a construit în ani petrecuți perfecționându-și tehnicile într-o bucătărie exigentă.
The head chef's reputation was built over years spent perfecting his techniques in a demanding kitchen.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativebucătarbucătari
Genitivebucătaruluibucătarilor
Accusativebucătarbucătari
Vocativebucătarulebucătarilor

Word family

bucătăriekitchen
bucătăreasăfemale cook
bucatăpiece, portion
bucatefood, dishes (plural)
bucătar-șefhead chef, executive chef

Etymology

Bucătar is a Romanian formation, not a direct Latin inheritance. It combines bucate, the Romanian word for food or dishes, with the agent suffix -ar, which marks a person's trade or occupation. The same suffix appears in many other Romanian job titles, so bucătar reads literally as 'the food person'.

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