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The Spanish word for to eat is
comer





to eat

Spanish Definition


eat
     1. vt. Comer, tomar.
           I love eating apples with cheese = Me gusta mucho comer manzanas con queso.
     2. vi. Comer, almorzar, cenar.



Translations for eat and their definitions

comer
     1. v. 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!
     2. v. (colloquial) to eat away, corrode
     3. v. to capture a piece
     4. v. (double entendre, Mexico) to have sexual intercourse (because of similarity to coger)
     5. n-m. eating, food
           quitárselo uno de su comer - to deprive oneself of something for the benefit of others
           el comer fuera es muy común - eating out is very common
           ...necesario para el alma como el comer para el cuerpo - ...necessary for the soul like food for the body


reconcomer
     1. v. to eat away (at), pester
     2. v. to hold a grudge


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