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bake

[/beɪk/]
verb
assar
1. to cook food using dry heat in an oven
I will bake a cake for the party.
Vou assar um bolo para a festa.
2. to harden or dry something with heat
The sun will bake the clay.
O sol vai endurecer a argila.
3. to become very hot
The pavement bakes in the summer heat.
O pavimento fica muito quente no calor do verão.
Synonyms
cookroastheat
Antonyms
freezecoolchill

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
assar
most common usage for cooking in oven
Rio de Janeiro
assar
standard usage same as general Brazilian
São Paulo
assar
standard usage same as general Brazilian
Portugal
cozer no forno
more explicit phrasing sometimes used; assar also acceptable

Related Idioms & Phrases

bake someone's noodle - to confuse or perplex someone
half-baked - poorly planned or incompletely developed
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