comer [ˈkʌməʳ]
comer(
kuh
-
muhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (showing potential)
A word of phrase used to refer to the second person informal “tú” by their conjugation or implied context (e.g. How are you?).
(informal)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. el prometedor
(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).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Have you met the new recruit? He looks like a comer.¿Has conocido al nuevo empleado? Parece prometedor.
comer
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a.
open to all comersabierto(a) para todo el mundo
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comer(
koh
-
mehr
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (to ingest food)
2. (to eat for lunch)
Regionalism used in Mexico
(Mexico)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
a. to have for lunch
Tengo ganas de comer un sándwich de rosbif.I feel like having a roast beef sandwich for lunch.
3. (to eat for dinner)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
a. to have for dinner
Vamos a comer espagueti con albóndigas.We're going to have spaghetti and meatballs for dinner.
4. (to make disappear)
a. to hide
Ese sombrero te queda demasiado grande. ¡Te come la cara entera!That hat is too big for you. It hides your entire face!
b. to swallow up
Siento que estas gafas de sol me comen la cara.I feel like these sunglasses swallow up my face.
5. (to consume)
a. to eat up
El pago de la hipoteca de la casa me come la mayoría del sueldo.The mortgage payment on my house eats up most of my paycheck.
6. (chess)
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
7. (to ingest food)
a. to eat
No quiero comer ahora mismo; no tengo hambre.I don't feel like eating right now. I'm not hungry.
8. (to eat lunch)
Regionalism used in Mexico
(Mexico)
Regionalism used in Spain
(Spain)
a. to have lunch
Comieron rápido porque tenían una reunión a la 1 pm.They had lunch quickly because they had a meeting at 1 pm.
9. (to have a meal in the evening)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
(Latin America)
a. to have dinner
Comimos en un restaurante mexicano nuevo.We had dinner at a new Mexican restaurant.
comerse
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
10. (to ingest food)
11. (to wear away)
12. (to use up)
a. to eat up
¡Los impuestos se me comen la mayor parte de mi sueldo!Much of my pay is eaten up by taxes!
b. to blow through
El chico se comió todos sus dulces de Halloween en una noche. The boy blew through all his Halloween candy in one night.
13. (to chew on)
a. to bite
Le pusieron un ungüento para que no siguiera comiéndose las uñas.They put an ointment on his nails so that he wouldn't bite them.
14. (to omit)
b. to swallow
Se comió las palabras cuando estaba hablando con su enamorada.He swallowed his words when he was talking to his crush.
15. (to collide with)
b. to crash into
Nos comimos la puerta del garaje cuando dimos marcha atrás.We crashed into the garage door when we reversed.
comer
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
1. (alimentos)
a. to eat
2. (al mediodía)
Regionalism used in Mexico
(Mexico)
a. to have for lunch
3. (a la noche)
a. to have for dinner
no come carne casi nuncashe hardly ever eats meat
4. (en los juegos de tablero)
a. to take, to capture
me comió un alfilhe took one of my bishops
5. (consumir)
a. to eat up
les come la envidiathey're eaten up with envy
eso me come mucho tiempothat takes up a lot of my time
6. (expresiones)
a.
ni come ni deja comerhe's a dog in the manger
no tengas miedo, nadie te va a comerdon't be afraid, nobody's going to eat you
sin comerlo ni beberlothrough no credit of one's own
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
7. (ingerir alimentos)
a. to eat
8. (al mediodía)
Regionalism used in Mexico
(Mexico)
a. to have lunch
9. (a la noche)
a. to have dinner
¿qué hay de comer?what's for lunch?
comer fuerato go out for lunch
¡a comer, chicos!lunch is/dinner's/ etc ready, children!
dar de comerto feed
A pronominal verb always uses a reflexive pronoun. (e.g. Te ves cansado.).
10. (alimentos)
a. to eat
en ese restaurante se come muy bienthe food is very good at that restaurant
se comió los tres platoshe had all three courses
comerse las uñasto bite one's nails
11. (fig)
a.
comerse a alguien con los ojos o con la miradato be unable to keep one's eyes off somebody
12. (fig)
a.
¿y eso cómo se come?and what are we/am I supposed to make of that?
13. (colloquial)
a.
tu amigo está para comérseloyour friend's gorgeous
14. (desgastar; recursos)
a. to eat up
15. (metal)
a. to corrode
el sol se comió los colores de la ropathe sun made the clothes fade
16. (en los juegos de tablero)
a. to take, to capture
17. (palabras, texto)
a. to swallow
se comió un párrafoshe missed out a paragraph
18. (colloquial)
a.
se va a comer sus palabrasshe'll have to eat her words
comer
transitive verb
1 [+comida] to eat
¿quieres comer algo? would you like something to eat?
no tienen qué comer they have nothing to eat
sin comerlo ni beberlo
sin comerlo ni beberlo, me vi envuelto en un caso de contrabando de drogas without really knowing how, I found myself involved in a drug smuggling case; ha recibido una herencia sin comerlo ni beberlo he's come into an inheritance without having done anything to deserve it
2 (almorzar) to have for lunch; eat for lunch
los domingos suelo comer paella on Sundays I usually have paella for lunch
3 (hacer desaparecer)
el pelo te come la cara your hair's covering half your face; esto come las existencias this devours the stocks; poco a poco el polvo fue comiendo la casa dust gradually took over the house
comer terreno
la derecha les está comiendo terreno the right is gaining ground on them; el equipo se dejó comer el terreno the team conceded a lot of ground
intransitive verb
1 (ingerir alimento) to eat
¿qué hay para comer? what have we got to eat?; what is there to eat?; los leones tienen que cazar para comer lions have to hunt to eat
¡come y calla! shut up and eat your food! (familiar)
comer de algo (tomar comida) to eat sth; (vivir) to live off sth
come de los platos de los demás she eats other people's food; no todos podemos comer de lo que cultivamos not all of us can live off what we grow ourselves
comer fuera to eat out
comer con los ojos
siempre comes con o por los ojos your eyes are bigger than your stomach
comer como una vaca o fiera to eat like a horse
no comer ni dejar comer to be a dog in the manger
el mismo que come y viste the very same
2 (tomar la comida principal) especialmente (España) (a mediodía) to have lunch; (Latinoamérica) (por la noche) to have dinner
comemos a la una we have lunch at one
me gusta comer fuerte y cenar poco I like to have a big lunch and a light evening meal
pronominal verb
comerse1 [+comida] to eat
solo me he comido un bocadillo all I've had to eat is a sandwich; ¿quién se ha comido mi queso? who's eaten my cheese?; se lo comió todo he ate it all (up)
comerse las uñas to bite one's nails
comerse a algn a besos to smother sb in kisses
comerse a algn con los ojos o la vista to devour sb with one's eyes
¿cómo se come eso? what on earth is that?
está para comérsela she's really gorgeous o tasty (familiar)
comerse el mundo to conquer the world
comerse a algn por pies to take sb in completely
2 (destruir)
el sol se ha ido comiendo los colores de la alfombra the sun has bleached the carpet; the sun has caused the colours of the carpet to fade; el ácido se ha comido el metal the acid has eaten the metal away
se comen unos a otros they're at daggers drawn
tan necesario como el comer as necessary as eating; era muy parco en el comer he didn't eat much; he wasn't a big eater
el buen comer good food
Fernando es de buen comer Fernando enjoys his food
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