comida

Asturian

Noun

comida f (plural comíes)

1. food
2. meal
3. lunch

Related terms

• comer

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Galician

Noun

comida f (plural comidas)

1. food
2. meal
3. lunch

   Synonym: xantar

Verb

comida f sg

1. feminine singular past participle of comer

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Portuguese

Etymology

From the past participle of comer (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈmiðɐ/
• Hyphenation: co‧mi‧da

Noun

comida f (plural comidas)

1. food, something edible
2. meal

Verb

comida f sg

1. feminine singular past participle of comer

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Spanish

Etymology

From the past participle of comer (“to eat”). Compare comestible, of the same ultimate (Latin) origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmida/, [koˈmiða]
• Hyphenation: co‧mi‧da

Adjective

comida f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective comido.

Noun

comida f (plural comidas)

1. food

   Yo no quiero comida.

   I don't want food.

   Synonyms: alimento, comer, vianda

2. lunch
3. dinner
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 14, in The Dust of Conflict‎^[1]:

     The hot day was over, and the light failing rapidly, when Appleby, who had just finished comida, sat by a window of the hacienda San Cristoval with an English newspaper upon his knee.

4. (slang) cunnilingus

Derived terms

Terms derived from comida

• comida a la vista
• comida corrida

• comida corriente
• comida rápida

• (diminutive) comidilla

Verb

comida f sg

1. Feminine singular past participle of comer.

Further reading

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