comer

Portuguese

/ku.ˈmeɾ/, /ko.ˈme(ʁ)/

verb
Definitions
  • to eat
  • (transitive) to capture to eliminate a piece from the game
  • (transitive) to corrode; to eat away, to destroy to slowly destroy
  • (transitive) to use up; to eat up; to consume
  • (transitive) to fuck; to screw to penetrate sexually
  • (transitive) to have any sexual or otherwise libidinous relationship with someone

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese comer (eat) inherited from Latin comedere derived from Proto-Italic *edō derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (eat, related to eating).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₁ed-

Gloss

eat, related to eating

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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