# carcomer
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From carcoma (“woodworm”) + -er (verbal suffix), influenced by comer (“to eat”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kaʁ.koˈme(ʁ)/ [kah.koˈme(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kaʁ.koˈme(ʁ)/ [kah.koˈme(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kaɾ.koˈme(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kaʁ.koˈme(ʁ)/ [kaχ.koˈme(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kaɻ.koˈme(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐɾ.kuˈmeɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐɾ.kuˈmeɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐɾ.kuˈme.ɾi/

### Verb

carcomer (first-person singular present carcomo, first-person singular preterite carcomi, past participle carcomido)
* (transitive, also figurative) to eat away (to erode or corrode gradually)

#### Derived terms

* carcomido

### Further reading

* “carcomer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

From carcoma (“woodworm”) + -er (verbal suffix), probably influenced by comer (“eat”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaɾkoˈmeɾ/ [kaɾ.koˈmeɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: car‧co‧mer

### Verb

carcomer (first-person singular present carcomo, first-person singular preterite carcomí, past participle carcomido)
* (transitive, also figurative) to eat away (to erode or corrode gradually)
* (reflexive) to waste away, to be consumed

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | carcomer | carcomer | carcomer | carcomer | carcomer |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | carcomiendo | carcomiendo | carcomiendo | carcomiendo | carcomiendo |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | carcomido | carcomido | carcomida | carcomida |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | carcomidos | carcomidos | carcomidas | carcomidas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | carcomo | carcomes$^{tú}$ carcomés$^{vos}$ | carcome | carcomemos | carcoméis | carcomen |
| indicative | imperfect | carcomía | carcomías | carcomía | carcomíamos | carcomíais | carcomían |
| indicative | preterite | carcomí | carcomiste | carcomió | carcomimos | carcomisteis | carcomieron |
| indicative | future | carcomeré | carcomerás | carcomerá | carcomeremos | carcomeréis | carcomerán |
| indicative | conditional | carcomería | carcomerías | carcomería | carcomeríamos | carcomeríais | carcomerían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | carcoma | carcomas$^{tú}$ carcomás$^{vos2}$ | carcoma | carcomamos | carcomáis | carcoman |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | carcomiera | carcomieras | carcomiera | carcomiéramos | carcomierais | carcomieran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | carcomiese | carcomieses | carcomiese | carcomiésemos | carcomieseis | carcomiesen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | carcomiere | carcomieres | carcomiere | carcomiéremos | carcomiereis | carcomieren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | carcome$^{tú}$ carcomé$^{vos}$ | carcoma | carcomamos | carcomed | carcoman |
| imperative | negative | | no carcomas | no carcoma | no carcomamos | no carcomáis | no carcoman |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “carcomer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28