# comer
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /ˈkʌmɚ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ)

### Noun

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.
* One who arrives.
    The champ will face all comers.
** 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers:It was soon apparent that no every day comer was at the door. One servant whispered […] it was the bishop […]
** 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
* downcomer
* earlycomer
* firstcomer
* homecomer
* latecomer
* newcomer
* up-and-comer

#### Translations
### See also

* dot-comer (etymologically unrelated)

### Anagrams

* crome

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈmeɾ/ [koˈmeɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: co‧mer

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [koˈmeɾ]

### Verb

comer (first-person singular present como, first-person singular preterite comín, past participle comido) comer (first-person singular present como, first-person singular preterite comim or comi, past participle comido, reintegrationist norm)
* to eat

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* dar de comer

### Further reading

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “comer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “comer”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “comer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “comer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “comer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “comer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “comer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Mirandese
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.

### Verb

comer
* to eat

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere. Cognate with Old Spanish comer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈmeɾ/
* Rhymes: -eɾ

### Verb

comer
* to eat

#### Descendants

* Galician: comer
* Portuguese: comer (see there for further descendants)

### Further reading

* Universo Cantigas - "comer"

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere. Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese comer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈmeɾ/

### Verb

comer
* to eat

#### Descendants

* Ladino: komer, kumer
* Spanish: comer (see there for further descendants)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese comer, from Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.
Cognate with Galician, Mirandese, Asturian, and Spanish comer and Mirandese quemer.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /koˈme(ʁ)/ [koˈme(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /koˈme(ʁ)/ [koˈme(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /koˈme(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /koˈme(ʁ)/ [koˈme(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /koˈme(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈmeɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kuˈmeɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kuˈme.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: co‧mer

### Verb

comer (first-person singular present como, first-person singular preterite comi, past participle comido)
* (ambitransitive) 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.
** (intransitive, Brazil) to eat some [with de ‘of a food’]
    Você comeu da carne? ― Did you eat some of the meat?
* (transitive, chess, board games) to capture (eliminate a piece from the game)
    Agora comi-te a torre. ― Now I have captured your rook.
    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
    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
* (transitive, vulgar) to fuck; to screw (to penetrate sexually)
    Depois do jantar, na mesma noite eu comi ela. ― After dinner, that same night I fucked her.
    Synonym: foder
** (reflexive, vulgar, by extension) to fuck (of two or more people)
    Estão felizes assim porque se comeram ― They’re that cheerful because they fucked
** (transitive, vulgar, by extension) to have any sexual or otherwise libidinous relationship with someone

#### 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
* Macanese: comê
* Papiamentu: kome
* → Malay: kumi

### Noun

comer m (plural comeres)
* (informal, sometimes proscribed) food; meal
    Synonyms: comida, refeição
    O comer está na mesa! ― Food is on the table!

### Further reading

* “comer”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “comer”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “comer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “comer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “comer”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “comer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish comer, from Vulgar Latin *comēre, restructuring of Latin comedere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /koˈmeɾ/ [koˈmeɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: co‧mer

### Verb

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)

#### Conjugation

$^1$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.

#### 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 la olla
* 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
* sin comerlo ni beberlo
* ¿se come?

#### 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)
* eating, food
    Synonyms: alimento, comida
    quitárselo uno de su comerto deprive oneself of something for the benefit of others
    el comer fuera es muy comúneating out is very common
    ...necesario para el alma como el comer para el cuerpo...necessary for the soul like food for the body

### Further reading

* “comer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “comer”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010