chancomer

Spanish

Etymology

From comer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃankoˈmeɾ/ [t͡ʃãŋ.koˈmeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: chan‧co‧mer

Verb

chancomer (first-person singular present chancomo, first-person singular preterite chancomí, past participle chancomido)

1. (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) to nibble
2. (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) to corrode, to eat away
3. (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) to oxidize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of chancomer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			chancomer
gerund			chancomiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		chancomido		chancomida
		plural		chancomidos		chancomidas
		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	chancomo	chancomestú chancomésvos	chancome	chancomemos	chancoméis	chancomen
	imperfect	chancomía	chancomías	chancomía	chancomíamos	chancomíais	chancomían
	preterite	chancomí	chancomiste	chancomió	chancomimos	chancomisteis	chancomieron
	future	chancomeré	chancomerás	chancomerá	chancomeremos	chancomeréis	chancomerán
	conditional	chancomería	chancomerías	chancomería	chancomeríamos	chancomeríais	chancomerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	chancoma	chancomastú chancomásvos2	chancoma	chancomamos	chancomáis	chancoman
	imperfect (ra)	chancomiera	chancomieras	chancomiera	chancomiéramos	chancomierais	chancomieran
	imperfect (se)	chancomiese	chancomieses	chancomiese	chancomiésemos	chancomieseis	chancomiesen
	future1	chancomiere	chancomieres	chancomiere	chancomiéremos	chancomiereis	chancomieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		chancometú chancomévos	chancoma	chancomamos	chancomed	chancoman
	negative		no chancomas	no chancoma	no chancomamos	no chancomáis	no chancoman

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of chancomer

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive chancomer
	dative	chancomerme	chancomerte	chancomerle, chancomerse	chancomernos	chancomeros	chancomerles, chancomerse
	accusative	chancomerme	chancomerte	chancomerlo, chancomerla, chancomerse	chancomernos	chancomeros	chancomerlos, chancomerlas, chancomerse
with gerund chancomiendo
	dative	chancomiéndome	chancomiéndote	chancomiéndole, chancomiéndose	chancomiéndonos	chancomiéndoos	chancomiéndoles, chancomiéndose
	accusative	chancomiéndome	chancomiéndote	chancomiéndolo, chancomiéndola, chancomiéndose	chancomiéndonos	chancomiéndoos	chancomiéndolos, chancomiéndolas, chancomiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative chancome
	dative	chancómeme	chancómete	chancómele	chancómenos	not used	chancómeles
	accusative	chancómeme	chancómete	chancómelo, chancómela	chancómenos	not used	chancómelos, chancómelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative chancomé
	dative	chancomeme	chancomete	chancomele	chancomenos	not used	chancomeles
	accusative	chancomeme	chancomete	chancomelo, chancomela	chancomenos	not used	chancomelos, chancomelas
with formal second-person singular imperative chancoma
	dative	chancómame	not used	chancómale, chancómase	chancómanos	not used	chancómales
	accusative	chancómame	not used	chancómalo, chancómala, chancómase	chancómanos	not used	chancómalos, chancómalas
with first-person plural imperative chancomamos
	dative	not used	chancomámoste	chancomámosle	chancomámonos	chancomámoos	chancomámosles
	accusative	not used	chancomámoste	chancomámoslo, chancomámosla	chancomámonos	chancomámoos	chancomámoslos, chancomámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative chancomed
	dative	chancomedme	not used	chancomedle	chancomednos	chancomeos	chancomedles
	accusative	chancomedme	not used	chancomedlo, chancomedla	chancomednos	chancomeos	chancomedlos, chancomedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative chancoman
	dative	chancómanme	not used	chancómanle	chancómannos	not used	chancómanles, chancómanse
	accusative	chancómanme	not used	chancómanlo, chancómanla	chancómannos	not used	chancómanlos, chancómanlas, chancómanse

Derived terms

• chancomido

 

Further reading

• “chancomer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• chancomer | Diccionario de americanismos | ASALE