Stay with the pasta when he left, does it make sense?
If your friend is in the kitchen cooking pasta and leaves , you take his place to stir the pasta , what verb is more correct here? Take over, replace ???

Thank you

Question

Stay with the pasta when he left, does it make sense?
If your friend is in the kitchen cooking pasta and leaves , you take his place to stir the pasta , what verb is more correct here? Take over, replace ???

Thank you

Answer

'Take over' is better. It's a bit like saying 'yo me encargo'. You could also say let me 'mind that for you'.  To mind something means to temporarily look after something.