comer

=

to eat

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comer

transitive verb

1. to eat (alimentos); to have for lunch (al mediodía) (peninsular Spanish, Mexican Spanish); to have for dinner (a la noche) (especially Andes)

no come carne casi nunca -> she hardly ever eats meat

2. to take, to capture (en los juegos de tablero)

me comió un alfil -> he took one of my bishops

3. to eat up (consumir)

les come la envidia -> they're eaten up with envy
eso me come mucho tiempo -> that takes up a lot of my time

4. (expresiones)

ni come ni deja comer -> he's a dog in the manger
no tengas miedo, nadie te va a comer -> don't be afraid, nobody's going to eat you
sin comerlo ni beberlo -> through no credit of one's own; (algo bueno) through no fault of one's own (algo malo)

intransitive verb

5. to eat (ingerir alimentos); to have lunch (al mediodía) (peninsular Spanish, Mexican Spanish); to have dinner (a la noche) (especially Andes)

¿qué hay de comer? -> what's for lunch?; (al mediodía) what's for dinner? (a noche)
comer fuera -> to go out for lunch (al mediodía)
¡a comer, chicos! -> lunch is/dinner's/etc ready, children!
dar de comer -> to feed

comerse

pronomial verb

1. to eat (alimentos)

en ese restaurante se come muy bien -> the food is very good at that restaurant
se comió los tres platos -> he had all three courses
comerse las uñas -> to bite one's nails
comerse a alguien con los ojos o con la mirada (figurative) -> to be unable to keep one's eyes off somebody
¿y eso cómo se come? (figurative) -> and what are we/am I supposed to make of that?
tu amigo está para comérselo (informal) -> your friend's gorgeous

2. to eat up (desgastar) (recursos); to corrode (metal)

el sol se comió los colores de la ropa -> the sun made the clothes fade

3. to take, to capture (en los juegos de tablero)

4. to swallow (palabras, texto)

se comió un párrafo -> she missed out a paragraph
se va a comer sus palabras (informal) -> she'll have to eat her words

comer [co-merr’]

article & verb transitive

1. To eat, to chew or swallow something, to feed.

2. To dine.

3. To be in possession of an income. (Colloquial)

Él se come diez mil dólares de renta -> he spends ten thousand dollars a year

4. To run through a fortune.

5. To have an itching all over one’s body.

verb reflexive

7. To suppress some letter or syllable in the pronunciation of words.

Se lo comió todo -> he ate it all up
Se come las palabras -> he mumbles
Tiene muchos nombres y se come el García -> she has lots of names and drops the García

8. To corrode, to consume. (Metaphorical)

9. Comerse una dama; to take a queen in the game of chess.

Comerse un peón -> to take a pawn in the same game
Comerse de risa -> to refrain from laughing
Comerse unos a otro -> (Met.), to be constantly at drawn daggers
Comerse a uno con los ojos -> to look daggers at any one
¿En qué bodegón hemos comido juntos -> where have we eaten together
Tener que comer -> to have a competency to live upon
Ganar de comer -> to earn a livelihood

10. (fig.) Le come la envidia, she is eaten up with envy.

verb neuter

11. To eat; (comer de), to eat, to partake. (n)

Comer como una vaca -> to eat like a horse

12. (fig.) El mismo que come y viste, the very same. (n)

Este pescado es de buen comer -> this fish is good eating
No tienen qué comer -> they don’t have enough to live on

(a rebuke for undue familiarity).

verb

1. COMIDA. (Obsolete) (m)

Conjugación de "comer"

Infinitivo: comer

Gerundio: comiendo

Particípio: comido

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	como	comí	comía	comeré	coma
Tú	comes	comiste	comías	comerás	comas
Ella/Él/Usted	come	comió	comía	comerá	coma
Nosotros	comemos	comimos	comíamos	comeremos	comamos
Vosotros	coméis	comisteis	comíais	comeréis	comáis
Ellos/Ustedes	comen	comieron	comían	comerán	coman

Completo comer conjugación

"comer" en el foro de Respuestas


P:	comer la sopa -- Palabra del Día
R:	Yep, Natasha! You are right. Sorry about that. I'll fix that so that it will be correct in the archives.

P:	"iba a comer" = "estaba comiendo"?
R:	"Iba a comer" is like "voy a comer", but in imperfect. It means that you were going to eat, and then... whatever. Since it is imperfect, you are watching…

P:	Comer a besos'?
R:	It means to cover someone with kisses. It can be used to refer to anyone from a lover to a grandchild.

P:	Yo estamos muy barachado y cueden a comer
R:	That sentence does not make any sense. Maybe he/she meant "Yo estoy muy emborrachado" or "(Nosotros) estamos muy emborrachados" ,that means "I'm very…

P:	Es mejor comer pescado a la plancha
R:	It's better to eat fish on the grill than fried or with sauce.