comer

Etymology

From Middle English comere, equivalent to come +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmɚ/

Noun

comer (plural comers)

1. One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.
2. (figuratively) One who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory.
3. One who arrives.

   The champ will face all comers.

Anagrams

• crome

Etymology

From Latin comedere, present active infinitive of comedō.

Verb

comer (first-person singular indicative present como, past participle comíu)

1. to eat

Etymology

From Old Portuguese comer, from Latin comedere, present active infinitive of comedō.

Verb

comer (first-person singular present como, first-person singular preterite comín, past participle comido)

1. to eat

Etymology

From Latin comedere, present active infinitive of comedō.

Verb

comer

1. to eat

Etymology

From Old Portuguese comer (“to eat”), from Latin comedere, present active infinitive of comedō, from com- + edō (“I eat”). Edō derives from Proto-Italic *edō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).

Cognate with Galician comer, Mirandese comer, quemer, Asturian comer and Spanish comer.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ˈme(ʁ)/, /ku.ˈme(ʁ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ˈmeɾ/
• Hyphenation: co‧mer

Verb

comer (first-person singular present indicative como, past participle comido)

1. (intransitive) to eat (to consume meals)

   Já comi hoje, obrigado.

   I've already eaten today, thanks.

2. (transitive) to eat (to consume a specific food)

   Você come carne?

   Do you eat meat?

   Estou com vontade de comer um pedaço de torta.

   I feel like eating a slice of pie.

3. (transitive with de) to eat some of a food

   Eu como de tudo.

   I eat [some of] everything. (indicates that the speaker is not a fussy eater)

   Você comeu da carne?

   Did you eat some of the meat?

4. (transitive, chess, board games) to capture (to eliminate a piece from the game)

   Agora eu comi a torre e o bispo.

   Now I have captured the rook and the bishop.

5. (transitive) to corrode; to eat away (to slowly destroy)

   A chuva comeu a grade.

   The rain ate away the grate.

6. (transitive, by extension, colloquial) to use up; to eat up; to consume

   Já comi todo o meu salário.

   I have already eaten up my entire salary.

   Este carro não come muita gasolina.

   This car doesn't use much petrol.

7. (transitive, figuratively) to destroy; to consume

   Aquela pneumonia comeu sua saúde.

   That pneumonia has destroyed his health.

8. (transitive, slang) to fuck; to screw (to penetrate sexually)

   Depois do jantar, na mesma noite eu a comi.

   After dinner, that same night I fucked her.

9. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of comer
10. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of comer
11. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of comer
12. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of comer

Noun

comer m (plural comeres)

1. (colloquial, sometimes proscribed) food; meal

   O comer está na mesa! ― Food is on the table!

Etymology

From Latin comedere, present active infinitive of comedō, from com- + edō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmeɾ/

Verb

comer (first-person singular present como, first-person singular preterite comí, past participle comido)

1. to eat

   ¿Cómo como? ¿Cómo cómo como? ¡Como como como! (classroom example of written accent)

   How do I eat? What do you mean, how do I eat? I eat like I eat!

2. (colloquial) to eat away, corrode
3. (transitive, chess, board games) to capture a piece
4. (double entendre, Mexico) to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger)

Noun

comer m (plural comeres)

1. eating, food

   quitárselo uno de su comer

   “to deprive oneself of something for the benefit of others”

   el comer fuera es muy común

   “eating out is very common”

   ...necesario para el alma como el comer para el cuerpo

   “...necessary for the soul like food for the body”