B1 · 35 Wörter

Cooking and recipes

Cutting, frying, seasoning, tasting as you go.

The eighth entry is descascar, the plainest word on this page in Portuguese and one of the hardest to carry into English. It is built in the open: a casca is the outside of a thing, des- takes that outside away, and the verb then covers every case without a second thought. Descasque as batatas primeiro, and the same verb serves for descascar camarão, descascar uma laranja, descascar nozes, descascar ovos cozidos. English has to change word with the thing. A potato and an orange are peeled, a prawn and a nut and a boiled egg are shelled, maize is husked, a tomato is skinned — and none of those will stand in for another, because nobody peels a walnut. The noun underneath is split the same way, since a casca is the peel of a potato, the rind of a lemon, the shell of an egg, the husk of a grain and the bark of a tree, and English keeps five unrelated words for them. So what is worth carrying away is the shape of the problem rather than one translation: descascar asks what is being uncovered, and English answers with the name of the covering.

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Verb (17)

descascarto peelVerbB1

Descasque as batatas primeiro.Peel the potatoes first.

picarto chop finelyVerbB1

Pique a cebola bem fininha.Chop the onion very finely.

fatiarto sliceVerbB1

Fatie o pão antes de tostar.Slice the bread before you toast it.

refogarto sweat, to fry gentlyVerbB1

Refogue a cebola no azeite até amolecer.Sweat the onion in the olive oil until it softens.

fritarto fryVerbB1

Frite os ovos em lume brando.Fry the eggs over a low heat.

cozerto boil, to cook throughVerbB1

Coza o arroz durante doze minutos.Cook the rice for twelve minutes.

assarto roast, to bake in the ovenVerbB1

Asse no forno a duzentos graus.Roast it in the oven at two hundred degrees.

grelharto grillVerbB1

Grelhe a sardinha dos dois lados.Grill the sardine on both sides.

ferverto boil (of a liquid)VerbB1

Deixe ferver e depois baixe o lume.Let it come to the boil and then lower the heat.

mexerto stirVerbB1

Mexa de vez em quando para não pegar.Stir from time to time so that it does not catch.

baterto beat, to whiskVerbB1

Bata os ovos com o açúcar.Beat the eggs with the sugar.

juntarto addVerbB1

Junte a farinha aos poucos.Add the flour a little at a time.

temperarto seasonVerbB1

Tempere com sal, pimenta e um pouco de louro.Season with salt, pepper and a little bay.

provarto taste, to tryVerbB1

Prove antes de servir.Taste it before you serve.

escorrerto drainVerbB1

Escorra bem a massa.Drain the pasta well.

sobrarto be left overVerbB1

Sobrou comida para amanhã.There was food left over for tomorrow.

amolecerto softenVerbB1

Deixe a cebola amolecer no azeite.Let the onion soften in the olive oil.

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