carcomer
Portuguese, verb/kaʁ.koˈme(ʁ)/
carcomer is spelled C-A-R-C-O-M-E-R (8 letters). Carcomer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to eat away (to erode or corrode gradually)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “moer com a carcoma”.
What does carcomer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to eat away (to erode or corrode gradually)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. moer com a carcoma 2. corroer 3. destruir
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of carcomer
- carcomo first-person present singular
- carcomi first-person preterite singular
- carcomido participle past
- carcomeres infinitive second-person singular
- carcomermos first-person infinitive plural
- carcomerdes infinitive plural second-person
- carcomerem infinitive plural third-person
- carcomendo gerund
- carcomidos masculine participle past
- carcomida feminine participle past
- carcomidas feminine participle past
- carcomes indicative present second-person
- carcome indicative present singular
- carcomemos first-person indicative plural
- carcomeis indicative plural present
- carcomem indicative plural present
- carcomia first-person imperfect indicative
- carcomias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carcomer?
- Brazil /kaʁ.koˈme(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kah.koˈme(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.