comer

See also: Comer

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmɚ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ)

Noun

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.

   • 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 terms

• aftercomer
• come
• latecomer
• newcomer
• up-and-comer

 

Translations

in a race

• Russian: подаю́щий наде́жды m (podajúščij nadéždy)
• Spanish: puntero (es) m, delantero (es) m, puntera (es) f, delantera (es) f

in some contest

• Russian: подаю́щий наде́жды m (podajúščij nadéždy)
• Spanish: puntero (es) m, delantero (es) m, puntera (es) f, delantera (es) f

who arrives

• Bulgarian: пристигащ (bg) (pristigašt)
• Russian: прише́дший (ru) m (prišédšij), прибы́вший (ru) m (pribývšij), прие́хавший (ru) m (prijéxavšij)
• Spanish: contendiente m, el que llega m, la que llega f
• Welsh: dyfodiad m

See also

• dot-comer (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• crome

Asturian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmeɾ/, [koˈmeɾ]

Verb

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

1. to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of comer

infinitive		comer
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

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈmeɾ]

Verb

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

1. to eat

Conjugation

Conjugation of comer

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	comer
personal	comer	comeres	comer	comermos	comerdes	comeren
Gerund
	comendo
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	comido			comidos
feminine	comida			comidas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	como	comes	come	comemos	comedes	comen
imperfect	comía	comías	comía	comiamos	comiades	comían
preterite	comín	comiches	comeu	comemos	comestes	comeron
pluperfect	comera	comeras	comera	comeramos	comerades	comeran
future	comerei	comerás	comerá	comeremos	comeredes	comerán
conditional	comería	comerías	comería	comeriamos	comeriades	comerían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	coma	comas	coma	comamos	comades	coman
preterite	comese	comeses	comese	comésemos	comésedes	comesen
future	comer	comeres	comer	comermos	comerdes	comeren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	come	coma	comamos	comede	coman
negative	–	comas	coma	comamos	comades	coman

Related terms

• dar de comer

References

• “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.

Mirandese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.

Verb

comer

1. to eat

Portuguese

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈme(ʁ)/ [koˈme(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈme(ʁ)/ [koˈme(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koˈme(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˈme(ʁ)/ [koˈme(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈme(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈmeɾ/

• Hyphenation: co‧mer

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) to eat
   1. (intransitive) to consume meals

      Já 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. (Brazil) (transitive with de) to eat some 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 a torre e o bispo. ― Now I have captured the rook and the bishop.

   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

   Já 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
7. inflection of comer:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of comer (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	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

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:comer.

Synonyms

• (to eat): alimentar
• (to have sex): faturar, papar, traçar

Derived terms

• vi com estes olhos que a terra há de comer

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: kume
• Papiamentu: kome
• → Malay: kumi

Noun

comer m (plural comeres)

1. (colloquial, sometimes proscribed) food; meal

   Synonyms: comida, refeição

   O comer está na mesa! ― Food is on the table!

Further reading

• “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.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmeɾ/ [koˈmeɾ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: co‧mer

Verb

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)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of comer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			comer
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

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

    Selected combined forms of comer

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 comer
	dative	comerme	comerte	comerle, comerse	comernos	comeros	comerles, comerse
	accusative	comerme	comerte	comerlo, comerla, comerse	comernos	comeros	comerlos, comerlas, comerse
with gerund comiendo
	dative	comiéndome	comiéndote	comiéndole, comiéndose	comiéndonos	comiéndoos	comiéndoles, comiéndose
	accusative	comiéndome	comiéndote	comiéndolo, comiéndola, comiéndose	comiéndonos	comiéndoos	comiéndolos, comiéndolas, comiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative come
	dative	cómeme	cómete	cómele	cómenos	not used	cómeles
	accusative	cómeme	cómete	cómelo, cómela	cómenos	not used	cómelos, cómelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative comé
	dative	comeme	comete	comele	comenos	not used	comeles
	accusative	comeme	comete	comelo, comela	comenos	not used	comelos, comelas
with formal second-person singular imperative coma
	dative	cómame	not used	cómale, cómase	cómanos	not used	cómales
	accusative	cómame	not used	cómalo, cómala, cómase	cómanos	not used	cómalos, cómalas
with first-person plural imperative comamos
	dative	not used	comámoste	comámosle	comámonos	comámoos	comámosles
	accusative	not used	comámoste	comámoslo, comámosla	comámonos	comámoos	comámoslos, comámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative comed
	dative	comedme	not used	comedle	comednos	comeos	comedles
	accusative	comedme	not used	comedlo, comedla	comednos	comeos	comedlos, comedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative coman
	dative	cómanme	not used	cómanle	cómannos	not used	cómanles, cómanse
	accusative	cómanme	not used	cómanlo, cómanla	cómannos	not used	cómanlos, cómanlas, cómanse

Derived terms

• 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 terms

• carcomer
• comecocos
• comedero
• comedor
• comefuego
• comensal
• comestible
• comezón
• comida
• comilón
• comilona

 

Descendants

• → Sardinian: comere

See also

• almorzar
• cenar
• desayunar
• merendar

 

Noun

comer m (plural comeres)

1. eating, food

   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

   Synonyms: alimento, comida

Further reading

• “comer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014