See also: Comer

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Etymology

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

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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.
    • 2004 August 9 & 16, The New Yorker, page 40:
      The transition from comer to also-ran can be quick.
    • 2004 December 6, The New Yorker, page 105:
      Django, then, was not just a comer; he was a cause.
  3. One who arrives.
    The champ will face all comers.
    • 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers:
      It was soon apparent that no every day comer was at the door. One servant whispered [] it was the bishop []
    • 1959 August, American Heritage, volume 10, number 5:
      Sullivan went on an unprecedented barnstorming tour across the country, taking on all comers and offering $1,000 to anyone who stayed four rounds, Queensberry rules.
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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.

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  • IPA(key): /koˈmeɾ/, [koˈmeɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Hyphenation: co‧mer

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

  1. to eat

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Galician

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese comer, from Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere. Compare Portuguese comer.

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comer (first-person singular present como, first-person singular preterite comín, past participle comido)
comer (first-person singular present como, first-person singular preterite comim or comi, past participle comido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to eat

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Mirandese

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.

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comer

  1. to eat

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *comere, restructuring of Latin comedere. Cognate with Old Spanish comer.

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comer

  1. to eat

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  • Galician: comer
  • Portuguese: comer (see there for further descendants)

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese comer.

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comer

  1. to eat

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese comer, from Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.

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

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  • Hyphenation: co‧mer

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

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to eat
    1. (intransitive) to consume meals
      comi hoje, obrigado.I've already eaten today, thanks.
    2. (transitive) 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. (intransitive, Brazil) to eat some [with de ‘of a food’]
      Você comeu da carne?Did you eat some of the meat?
  2. (transitive, chess, board games) to capture (eliminate a piece from the game)
    Agora comi-te a torre.Now I have captured your rook.
    Synonym: capturar
  3. (transitive) to corrode; to eat away, to destroy (to slowly destroy)
    A chuva comeu a grade.The rain ate away the grate.
    Aquela pneumonia comeu sua saúde.That pneumonia has destroyed his health.
    Synonym: corroer
  4. (transitive, by extension, colloquial) to use up; to eat up; to consume
    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.
    Synonyms: consumir, usar, utilizar
  5. (transitive, vulgar) to fuck; to screw (to penetrate sexually)
    Depois do jantar, na mesma noite eu a comi.After dinner, that same night I fucked her.
    Synonym: foder
  6. (transitive, vulgar, by extension) to have any sexual or otherwise libidinous relationship with someone

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:comer.

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comer m (plural comeres)

  1. (informal, sometimes proscribed) food; meal
    Synonyms: comida, refeição
    O comer está na mesa!Food is on the table!

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish comer, from Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.

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  • IPA(key): /koˈmeɾ/ [koˈmeɾ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧mer

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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)

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comer m (plural comeres)

  1. eating, food
    Synonyms: alimento, comida
    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

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