From root: kusina
Usage Note
Kusinera is the feminine form for a cook. It is a common term for women employed to prepare meals professionally.
Examples
" Bago ang kusinera namin. "
Natural Translation
Our female cook is new.
Literal Translation
New the female-cook ours.
" Magaling ang kusinera namin. "
Natural Translation
Our female cook is excellent.
Literal Translation
Good the female-cook ours.
" Ipinagmamalaki ng mga panauhin ang kusinera ng bahay dahil walang kasingsarap ang kanyang adobo sa buong bayan. "
Natural Translation
The guests are proud of the household's female cook because no one's adobo in the whole town is as delicious as hers.
Literal Translation
Proud-of by the guests the female-cook of house because none as-delicious the her adobo in whole town.
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