comer
Portuguese, noun/koˈme(ʁ)/
comer is spelled C-O-M-E-R (5 letters) and appears 129 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 755th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comer is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “food; meal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comida, alimentos”.
What does comer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to consume meals
Já comi hoje, obrigado.
- 2
to consume a specific food
Você come carne?
- 3
Brazilto eat some
Você comeu da carne?
- 4
to capture (eliminate a piece from the game)
Agora comi-te a torre.
- 5
to corrode; to eat away, to destroy (to slowly destroy)
A chuva comeu a grade.
- 6
colloquialto use up; to eat up; to consume
Já comi todo o meu salário.
- 7
Brazilcolloquialto miss a letter or other symbol in writing
- 8
vulgarto fuck; to screw (to penetrate sexually)
Depois do jantar, na mesma noite eu comi ela.
noun
- 1
informalmasculineproscribedfood; meal
O comer está na mesa!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. comida, alimentos 2. refeição, repasto
verb: 1. consumir como alimento 2. alimentar-se 3. amofinar-se 4. enganar; ludibriar; gastar em comida; dissipar; roubar no jogo
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 comer
- como first-person present singular
- comi first-person preterite singular
- comido participle past
- comeres infinitive second-person singular
- comermos first-person infinitive plural
- comerdes infinitive plural second-person
- comerem infinitive plural third-person
- comendo gerund
- comidos masculine participle past
- comida feminine participle past
- comidas feminine participle past
- comes indicative present second-person
- come indicative present singular
- comemos first-person indicative plural
- comeis indicative plural present
- comem indicative plural present
- comia first-person imperfect indicative
- comias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comer?
- Brazil /koˈme(ʁ)/
- Brazil [koˈme(h)]
- /koˈme(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
comer appears 129 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).