comer
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English comere, equivalent to come + -er.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
comer (plural comers)
- One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.
- (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.
- 2004 August 9 & 16, The New Yorker, page 40:
- One who arrives.
- The champ will face all comers.
- 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.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
- dot-comer (etymologically unrelated)
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
comer (first-person singular indicative present como, past participle comíu)
- to eat
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | comer | ||||||
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gerundive | comiendo | ||||||
participle | m comíu, f comida, n comío, m pl comíos, f pl comíes | ||||||
person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | como | comes | come | comemos | coméis | comen |
preterite imperfect | comía | comíes | comía | comíemos | comíeis | comíen | |
preterite indefinite | comí | comiesti | comió | comiemos | comiestis | comieron | |
pluperfect | comiere | comieres | comiere | comiéremos | comiereis | comieren | |
subjunctive | present | coma | comas | coma | comamos | comáis | coman |
preterite imperfect | comiere | comieres | comiere | comiéremos | comiereis | comieren | |
potential | future | comeré | comerás | comerá | comeremos | comeréis | comerán |
conditional | comería | comeríes | comería | comeríemos/comeríamos | comeríeis/comeríais | comeríen | |
imperative | comi | coméi |
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician-Portuguese comer, from Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
comer (first-person singular present como, first-person singular preterite comín, past participle comido)
- to eat
ConjugationEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “comer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “comer” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “comer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “comer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “comer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
MirandeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.
VerbEdit
comer
- to eat
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician-Portuguese comer, from Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.
Cognate with Galician, Asturian, and Spanish comer and Mirandese comer, quemer.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: co‧mer
VerbEdit
comer (first-person singular present como, first-person singular preterite comi, past participle comido)
- (transitive, intransitive) to eat
- (intransitive) to consume meals
- Já comi hoje, obrigado. ― I've already eaten today, thanks.
- (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.
- (Brazil) (transitive with de) to eat some of a food
- Você comeu da carne? ― Did you eat some of the meat?
- (intransitive) to consume meals
- (transitive, chess, board games) to capture (eliminate a piece from the game)
- Agora comi a torre e o bispo. ― Now I have captured the rook and the bishop.
- Synonym: capturar
- (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
- (transitive, by extension, colloquial) to use up; to eat up; to consume
- (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
- (transitive, vulgar, by extension) to have any sexual or otherwise libidinous relationship with someone
- inflection of comer:
ConjugationEdit
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | comer | |||||
Personal | comer | comeres | comer | comermos | comerdes | comerem |
Gerund | ||||||
comendo | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | comido | comidos | ||||
Feminine | comida | comidas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | como | comes | come | comemos | comeis | comem |
Imperfect | comia | comias | comia | comíamos | comíeis | comiam |
Preterite | comi | comeste | comeu | comemos | comestes | comeram |
Pluperfect | comera | comeras | comera | comêramos | comêreis | comeram |
Future | comerei | comerás | comerá | comeremos | comereis | comerão |
Conditional | ||||||
comeria | comerias | comeria | comeríamos | comeríeis | comeriam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | coma | comas | coma | comamos | comais | comam |
Imperfect | comesse | comesses | comesse | comêssemos | comêsseis | comessem |
Future | comer | comeres | comer | comermos | comerdes | comerem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | come | coma | comamos | comei | comam | |
Negative (não) | não comas | não coma | não comamos | não comais | não comam |
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:comer.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
NounEdit
comer m (plural comeres)
- (colloquial, sometimes proscribed) food; meal
Further readingEdit
- “comer” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “comer” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “comer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “comer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “comer” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “comer” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
comer (first-person singular present como, first-person singular preterite comí, past participle comido)
- 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!
- (colloquial) to eat away, corrode
- (transitive, chess, board games) to capture a piece
- (double entendre, Mexico) to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger)
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | comer | ||||||
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gerund | comiendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | comido | comida | |||||
plural | comidos | comidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | como | comestú comésvos |
come | comemos | coméis | comen | |
imperfect | comía | comías | comía | comíamos | comíais | comían | |
preterite | comí | comiste | comió | comimos | comisteis | comieron | |
future | comeré | comerás | comerá | comeremos | comeréis | comerán | |
conditional | comería | comerías | comería | comeríamos | comeríais | comerían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | coma | comastú comásvos2 |
coma | comamos | comáis | coman | |
imperfect (ra) |
comiera | comieras | comiera | comiéramos | comierais | comieran | |
imperfect (se) |
comiese | comieses | comiese | comiésemos | comieseis | comiesen | |
future1 | comiere | comieres | comiere | comiéremos | comiereis | comieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | cometú comévos |
coma | comamos | comed | coman | ||
negative | no comas | no coma | no comamos | no comáis | no coman |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived termsEdit
- comecocos
- comeflor
- comejibias
- cómeme el coño
- cómeme el rabo
- cómeme la polla
- cómeme los huevos
- comer a besos
- comer a dos carrillos
- comer con los ojos
- comer la sopa boba
- comerás con la cuchara que escojas
- comerse con patatas
- comerse el marrón
- comerse el tarro
- comerse la cabeza
- comerse los codos de hambre
- comerse los mocos
- con la cuchara que escojas, con aquella comerás
- coyol quebrado, coyol comido
- cuando seas padre comerás huevos
- dar de comer
- de lo que se come se cría
- lo comido por lo servido
- lo que se han de comer los gusanos, que lo disfruten los cristianos
- ni come, ni deja comer
- no comerse un rosco
- pan comido
- ¿se come?
- sin comerlo ni beberlo
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Sardinian: comere
See alsoEdit
NounEdit
comer m (plural comeres)
Further readingEdit
- “comer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014