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comer

Spanish, noun/koˈmeɾ/

comer is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “eating, food” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does comer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to eat

    ¿Cómo como? ¿Cómo cómo como? ¡Como como como! (classroom example of written accent)

  2. 2

    Spainto have lunch

  3. 3

    colloquialto eat away, corrode

  4. 4

    to capture a piece

  5. 5

    Mexicoto have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger)

  6. 6

    Spainvulgartranslated with "not care"

    X me la come

noun

  1. 1

    masculineeating, food

    quitárselo uno de su comer

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Ingerir o tomar alimentos. 2. Tomar la principal comida del día.

verb: 1. Malgastar bienes o recursos. 2. Corroer o consumir. 3. Producir comezón. 4. En los juegos de mesa, eliminar una pieza del contrario.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of comer

  • como first-person present singular
  • comí first-person preterite singular
  • comido participle past
  • comiendo gerund
  • comida feminine participle past
  • comidos masculine participle past
  • comidas feminine participle past
  • comes indicative informal present
  • comés indicative informal present
  • come indicative present singular
  • comemos first-person indicative plural
  • coméis indicative plural present
  • comen indicative plural present
  • comía first-person imperfect indicative
  • comías imperfect indicative second-person
  • comíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • comíais imperfect indicative plural
  • comían imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce comer?

  • /koˈmeɾ/
  • [koˈmeɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to comer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is comer in Spanish?

comer appears 123 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).