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to fry / roast
To cook food, especially meat, fish, or vegetables, in hot fat in a pan or in the oven until it is browned and cooked through.
Ich brate mir gerade ein Spiegelei zum Frühstück.
I'm just frying myself a fried egg for breakfast.
to bake in the sun
Colloquial for lying in strong sunlight in order to get a tan or because it is very hot.
Wir haben den ganzen Nachmittag in der prallen Sonne gebraten.
We baked in the blazing sun all afternoon.
to smack someone
Colloquial for giving someone a slap; to hit someone in the face.
Wenn du das noch einmal sagst, brat' ich dir eine!
If you say that one more time, I'll smack you!
'Braten' (to fry/roast) is a strong verb, which means that the vowel changes in the past tense. The simple past is 'briet' and the past participle for the perfect tense is 'gebraten'.
Gestern briet sie das Gemüse in der Pfanne.
Yesterday she fried the vegetables in the pan.
In the main meaning of cooking, 'braten' (to fry/roast) is often combined with the method of preparation. Typical phrases are 'in der Pfanne braten' (to fry in the pan) or 'im Ofen braten' (to roast in the oven).
Das Hähnchen wird im Ofen knusprig gebraten.
The chicken is roasted until crispy in the oven.
The phrase 'in der Sonne braten' (to bake in the sun) is colloquial. It means that someone sunbathes for a very long time and very intensely, often with a slightly exaggerated tone.
Im Urlaub haben wir jeden Tag stundenlang am Strand gebraten.
On vacation, we baked on the beach for hours every day.
The expression 'jemandem eine braten' (to smack someone) is a colloquial fixed expression and means to give someone a slap. The person who is hit is in the dative.
Er war so wütend, dass er ihm am liebsten eine gebraten hätte.
He was so angry that he would have loved to smack him.
to bake
Backen and braten can both take place in the oven; the usual choice depends mainly on the food. Bread, cake, and other dough-based foods are gebacken, while meat such as a whole chicken is usually gebraten. The fact that oven heat is used alone therefore does not determine which verb to choose.
Bei 200 Grad brät Lea im Ofen ein ganzes Hähnchen mit etwas Öl.
Lea roasts a whole chicken with a little oil in the oven at 200 degrees.
Bei 200 Grad backt Lea im Ofen ein Brot.
Lea bakes a loaf of bread in the oven at 200 degrees.
