tillaga

Tillaga is a Swedish verb meaning to prepare or cook food, and more generally to make or assemble something. In everyday language, laga mat is the common verb for cooking, but tillaga appears in recipes, instruction manuals, and formal prose to convey deliberate, structured preparation.

The word is formed from till- (toward, to) and laga (to repair, mend, or prepare). The infinitive is att tillaga; present tillagar; simple past tillagade; supine tillagat; perfect tense har tillagat; passive present tillagas.

Tillaga is predominantly culinary and formal. It contrasts with laga mat in tone, and is often found in cookbook language and official writing. It can be used in both literal cooking contexts and, less commonly, figurative uses that refer to preparing or devising something with care.

Examples: Hon tillagade en enkel middag. Rätten tillagas i ugnen.