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"Eat" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "comer", and "drink" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "beber". Learn more about the difference between "eat" and "drink" below.
eat(
it
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to consume)
2. (colloquial) (to worry or bother)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. preocupar
Why are you so serious? What's eating you? Come on, tell me.¿Por qué estás tan serio? ¿Qué te preocupa? Vamos, dímelo.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
What's eating her? She didn't even say hello to us.¿Qué mosca le habrá picado? Ni siquiera nos saludó.
What's eating him? Why did he slam the door?¿Qué le pasa? ¿Por qué dio ese portazo?
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
3. (to consume)
drink(
drihngk
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to consume)
a. beber
To prevent dehydration, drink plenty of water.Para evitar la deshidratación, bebe mucha agua.
b. tomar (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
I have only ever seen him drink Coca Cola.Yo solo lo he visto tomar Coca Cola.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. beber
Drinking enough cleanses your body of toxins.Beber suficientemente limpia el cuerpo de toxinas.
b. tomar (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Would you like anything to drink before ordering food?¿Les gustaría algo de tomar antes de pedir la comida?
a. beber
In this country you cannot drink before you turn 21.En este país no se puede beber antes de cumplir 21 años.
b. tomar (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
I stopped drinking two hours before driving home.Dejé de tomar dos horas antes de manejar a casa.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
4. (beverage)
d. el palo (M) (colloquial) (Puerto Rico) (Venezuela)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Puerto Rico
Regionalism used in Venezuela
They went to the bar to have a few drinks.Se fueron al bar para echarse unos palos.
