comer

[kuh-MER]

verb

to eat

1. to consume food

I eat breakfast every morning.

Eu como café da manhã todos os dias.

2. to have a meal

We will eat dinner at 7 PM.

Nós vamos comer jantar às 7 da noite.

3. to consume or use up (figurative)

The rust is eating away at the metal.

A ferrugem está comendo o metal.

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

comer

standard usage

Rio de Janeiro

comer

standard usage, sometimes 'comê' in colloquial speech

São Paulo

comer

standard usage

Portugal

comer

standard usage, pronunciation slightly different

comer com os olhos - to eat with one's eyes (to look at food longingly)

comer a dois - to share a meal

comer o pão que o diabo amassou - to go through hardship (literally: to eat the bread that the devil kneaded)

comer poeira - to be left behind (literally: to eat dust)

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