Comértela... A conjugation of comer?
Under the definition of Lavar, I found a sample sentence:
Tienes que lavar la fruta antes de comértela.
I haven't seen the word "comértela" before, so I tried searching for it, and while I was taken to comer, I wasn't able to find this specific conjugation.
When is this word supposed to be used, and have I made some kind of mistake looking for it?
I'm completely new to the language. Any help would be appreciated.
2 Answers
It's kind of a Spanish way of saying "eating it all up" English idioms are really funny to me. Why the "up" ?
"You have to wash the fruit before eating it." seems better to me. However in Spanish we use reflexives where sometimes there is no real reason to do so.
Literally "comer" is "to eat" (or here "eating") "te" is (for)you "la" is "it" referring to the fruit.
I hope I made some kind of sense here, (big sigh)
I've heard 'tomarme' in reference to drink, so 'comerme' or 'comerte' would make sense too...
