cook
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- 1 cook、make a meal
This common expression means to prepare food or make a meal.
cook、make a meal
To prepare ingredients and turn them into a dish or meal.
Learning notes
Explanation
The expression combines ทำ, “to do or make,” with อาหาร, “food or a meal.” It broadly covers preparing ingredients and making food, including cutting, seasoning, and cooking. It does not necessarily involve heat, so it can also describe making something like a salad. Common patterns include ทำอาหารไทย, “cook Thai food,” ทำอาหารให้เพื่อน, “cook for a friend,” and ทำอาหารกินเอง, “cook for oneself.”
Usage
It is used when preparing meals at home, talking about cooking skills or hobbies, or deciding who will make a meal. It is also common in cooking classes, recipes, and restaurant-related contexts.
Caution
ทำอาหาร means “to make or cook food,” not “to eat.” Use กินอาหาร for “eat food,” or รับประทานอาหาร in polite or formal contexts.
Differences from similar words
1 cook synonyms
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ปรุงอาหาร is a more formal term for preparing or cooking food and is common in instructions or informational writing. ทำอาหาร is the more natural general expression in everyday conversation.