To eat in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

normal speech: co-MER

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comer info.

**Tips to Remember the Word “Comer”:**
– Associate “comer” with “comestibles,” meaning food items.
– Think of “come” in English, as if you’re saying, “come eat.”

**Explanations:**
– “Comer” is a regular -er verb in Spanish, meaning “to eat.”

**Other Words That Mean the Same Thing:**
– “Ingerir” (to ingest)
– “Alimentarse” (to feed oneself)

**Conjugations:**
– Infinitive: comer (to eat)
– Present: como (I eat), comes (you eat, singular), come (he/she/it eats), comemos (we eat), coméis (you eat, plural Spain), comen (they/you all eat)
– Preterite (Simple Past): comí (I ate), comiste (you ate), comió (he/she/it ate), comimos (we ate), comisteis (you all ate, Spain), comieron (they/you all ate)
– Imperfect: comía (I was eating), comías (you were eating), comía (he/she/it was eating), comíamos (we were eating), comíais (you all were eating, Spain), comían (they/you all were eating)
– Future: comeré (I will eat), comerás (you will eat), comerá (he/she/it will eat), comeremos (we will eat), comeréis (you all will eat, Spain), comerán (they/you all will eat)
– Conditional: comería (I would eat), comerías (you would eat), comería (he/she/it would eat), comeríamos (we would eat), comeríais (you all would eat, Spain), comerían (they/you all would eat)
– Present Subjunctive: coma (I eat), comas (you eat), coma (he/she/it eats), comamos (we eat), comáis (you eat, plural Spain), coman (they/you all eat)
– Imperfect Subjunctive: comiera or comiese (I ate), comieras or comieses (you ate), comiera or comiese (he/she/it ate), comiéramos or comiésemos (we ate), comierais or comieseis (you all ate, Spain), comieran or comiesen (they/you all ate)
– Future Subjunctive (rarely used): comiere (I will eat), comieres (you will eat), comiere (he/she/it will eat), comiéremos (we will eat), comiereis (you all will eat, Spain), comieren (they/you all will eat)
– Imperative: come (Eat! – informal you), coman (Eat! – formal you/plural)

**Examples of Sentences:**
– **Present:** Yo como una manzana. (I eat an apple.)
– **Preterite:** Él comió pizza ayer. (He ate pizza yesterday.)
– **Imperfect:** Nosotros comíamos en ese restaurante cada domingo. (We used to eat at that restaurant every Sunday.)
– **Future:** Comerás más saludable a partir de mañana. (You will eat healthier starting tomorrow.)
– **Conditional:** Comería en ese lugar si tuviera más dinero. (I would eat at that place if I had more money.)
– **Present Subjunctive:** Espero que ella coma temprano. (I hope that she eats early.)
– **Imperfect Subjunctive:** Si comieras menos azúcar, te sentirías mejor. (If you ate less sugar, you would feel better.)
– **Imperative:** ¡Come tus verduras! (Eat your vegetables!)

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