Comer

comer (English)

Noun

one in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning

one who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory

One who arrives

  • The champ will face all comers.

    • Quotations

  • 2004: The transition from comer to also-ran can be quick — The New Yorker, August 9 & 16, 2004, p.40
  • 2004: Django, then, was not just a comer; he was a cause. — The New Yorker, December 6, 2004, p.105

    • Related terms

  • come

    • Translations

    in a race

  • Spanska - puntero
    • , delantero, puntera, delantera

    in some contest

  • Spanska - puntero
    • , delantero, puntera, delantera

    who arrives

  • Spanska - contendiente
    • , el que llega , la que llega

    Anagrams

  • crome#English|crome
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    comer (Asturian)

    Verb

    to eat

    ----

    comer (Galician)

    Verb

    com|er

    to eat

    - |1|and|3|s|fut|sub|lang=gl

    - |1|and|3|s|personal|inf|lang=gl

    Conjugation

    com

    ----

    comer (Portuguese)

    Pronunciation

  • - mer

    • Verb

    comer

    to eat, to consume a meal

  • Já comi hoje, obrigado. — “I've already eaten today, thanks.”

    • to eat, to consume a specific food

  • Você come carne? — “Do you eat meat?”

    • - board games|lang=pt to capture a piece

  • Agora eu comi a torre e o bispo. — “Now I have captured the rook and the bishop.”

    • - lang=pt to spend money on food

  • Já comi todo o meu salário. — “I have already eaten up my entire salary.”

    • - lang=pt to destroy, to consume

  • Aquela pneumonia comeu sua saúde. — “That pneumonia has destroyed his health.”

    • - lang=pt to fuck, to screw; a man have_sex|having_sex with someone, enjoying a role in which he penetrates his female or homosexual partner

  • Depois do jantar, na mesma noite eu a comi. — “After dinner, that same night I had sex with her.”

    • - er|subjunctive|future|singular|first

    - er|subjunctive|future|singular|third

    - er|personal infinitive||singular|first

    - er|personal infinitive||singular|third

    Conjugation

    com|er

    Synonyms

  • to eat

    alimentar-se

  • to capture pieces

    capturar

  • to have sex

    faturar, papar, traçar

    • Derived terms

  • vi_com_esses_olhos_que_a_terra_há_de_comer
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    comer (Spanish)

    Pronunciation

  • - /koˈmeɾ/

    • Etymology

    la|es

    - lang=la, from - lang=la + - lang=la.

    Verb

    com|er

    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!

    • to eat_away, corrode

    - board games|lang=es to capture a piece

    - Mexico|lang=es to have sexual_intercourse (because of similitude to coger)

    Conjugation

    com

    Related terms

  • comedero
  • comedor
  • comecocos
  • comefuego
  • comensal
  • comestible
  • comezón
  • comida
  • comilón
  • comilona
  • carcomer

    • See also

  • cenar
  • desayunar
  • almorzar

    • Noun

    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”

    • Synonyms

  • alimento
  • comida
    • nah:comer

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