se come

is eaten

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phrase Common #2,339

is eaten Uses impersonal or passive se. It can describe what people eat in general or what is eaten with something else.

SP: En este restaurante se come muy bien.

EN: People eat very well at this restaurant.

Por eso se come tan bien.

That's why the food is so good.

— El espinazo del diablo (2001)

En esta taberna se come buena carne y se bebe un vino perfecto.

In this tavern you can eat good meat and drink perfect wine.

Tomás se come las uñas.

Tomás bites his nails.

La gallina se come una mariposa.

The hen eats a butterfly.

Se come bien.

The food is good.

— La dolce vita (1960)

John a menudo se come un desayuno rápido.

John often eats a quick breakfast.

Se come.

It is eaten.

El óxido se come el hierro.

Rust eats away at iron.

Tom se come cualquier cosa que Mary ponga en la mesa.

Tom eats anything Mary puts on the table.

El pollo se come el insecto.

The chicken eats the insect.

El dinero no se come.

You can’t eat money.

Se come el resto.

He eats the rest.

Hey, eso no se come.

Hey, you don't eat that.

— Suzume (2022)

Tom se come los rábanos crudos.

Tom eats the radishes raw.

El gato se come al pájaro.

The cat eats the bird.

En mi casa ni siquiera al mediodía se come.

In my house we don't even eat at midday.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Cuanta más calor, menos se come.

The hotter it is, the less people eat.

— El salario del miedo (1953)

Allí se come muy bien.

The food there is very good.

La gallina se come el insecto.

The hen eats the insect.

En este restaurante se come la mejor lasaña en la ciudad.

This restaurant serves the best lasagna in town.

El pez grande se come al pequeño.

The big fish eats the little fish.

El murciélago se come a la mariposa.

The bat eats the butterfly.

Se come para vivir, no se vive para comer.

We eat to live, we don't live to eat.

El cangrejo se come la suciedad.

The crab eats the dirt.

— Hermano 2 (2000)

Si acaso, se come los cuerpos.

If anything, it eats the bodies.

— La sociedad de la nieve (2023)

Se trabaja como se come.

You work like you eat.

El cuscús se come con la carne.

Couscous is eaten with meat.

Pedro, en Caperucita el lobo se come a la abuela.

Pedro, in Little Red Riding Hood, the wolf eats the grandmother.

— Doña Clara (2016)

Se come con las manos.

It is eaten with your hands.

— Guardianes del día (2006)

Y durante la visita del médico, se come las uñas.

And during the doctor's visit, he bites his nails.

— Good bye, Lenin! (2003)

Tom se come la pizza con tenedor, pero María se la come con las manos.

Tom eats the pizza with a fork, but Maria eats it with her hands.

Ella dice : 'Sí, pero ésta se come mis palomitas '.

She says, 'Yeah, but this one eats my popcorn.'

Porque sino no se come.

Because otherwise it won’t get eaten.

— Ladrón de bicicletas (1948)

Si Tom no se come esto, por favor, dáselo a Mary.

If Tom doesn’t eat this, please give it to Mary.

El apetito entra cuando se come, pero la sed se va cuando se bebe.

Appetite comes when you eat, but thirst goes away when you drink.

Tom comúnmente se come su almuerzo solo.

Tom usually eats his lunch alone.

Se come en la sala.

You eat in the living room.

— SEND HELP (Enviad ayuda) (2026)

El águila se come al reptil.

The eagle eats the reptile.

Mi hijo nunca se come las espinacas.

My son never eats spinach.

No es cierto que se come un Judio con cada desayuno.

It is not true that a Jew is eaten with every breakfast.

— Mother Night (1996)

Tom se come un desayuno saludable cada mañana.

Tom eats a healthy breakfast every morning.