1. (vt) to eat - ¿qué estás comiendo?: what are you eating? ¿puedo comer otro pastel?: can I have another cake? alimentarse de: gen

2. (vt) to have (for lunch//dinner) - comimos sardinas a la plancha: we had grilled sardines for lunch//dinner sin comerlo ni beberlo se llevó una buena regañina: though it had nothing to do with her, she got a good telling-off : como almuerzo//cena

3. (vt) to make smaller - la barba te come la cara: your beard makes your face look smaller hacer más pequeño

4. (vt) to eat up - la enfermedad de su mujer le comió todos los ahorros: his wife's illness ate up all his savings hacer desaparecer

5. (vt) to take - le comí la reina: I took his queen en ajedrez, damas, etc.

1. (vi) to eat - se pasa la vida comiendo: he is always eating les he echado de comer a las bestias: I've fed the animals alimentarse

2. (vi) to eat, to have lunch//dinner - ¿ya has comido?: have you eaten yet?, have you had lunch//dinner yet? ¿por qué no salimos a comer fuera?: why don't we go out for lunch//dinner? Carmen es de buen comer: Carmen has a good appetite a ése hay que echarle de comer aparte: he has to be treated as a special case es así: ni come ni deja comer: that's the way he is: he won't do it but he won't let anyone else do it either almorzar, cenar

1. to eat - se comió un pollo entero: he ate a whole chicken se lo comió todo: he ate it all up se come las uñas: he bites his nails comerse vivo a alguien: se lo comieron vivo los mosquitos: he was eaten alive by mosquitos el jefe se lo va a comer vivo: the boss is going to skin him alive se lo comen los celos: he is eaten up with jealousy se lo come la envidia: he is eaten up with envy alimentarse de

2. to blow - se comió la herencia en unos meses: he blew the inheritance in a matter of months despilfarrar

3. to wear away - el agua se come la piedra: water wears away stone gastar

4. to miss out - se ha comido dos líneas del texto: he's missed out two lines of the text se come las eses al hablar: she doesn't pronounce her s's when she speaks omitir

5. - se comió a sus compañeros de reparto: she outclassed the rest of the cast anular