comerse

to eat, to eat up, to devour

k o ˈm e ɾ s e → comer
comer to eat + se Reflexive marker
verb Uncommon #18,714
to eat, to eat up The reflexive form can emphasize eating a particular amount or finishing a portion.
SP: Es bueno comerse una fruta cada día.
EN: It's good to eat a piece of fruit every day.
to devour, to eat up With a person or animal as the object, it can mean to eat them; this is often figurative or humorous.
SP: El gato parece comerse el pescado.
EN: The cat seems to be eating up the fish.
Conjugation of comer
SingularPlural
Second comerte —
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First como comemos
Second comes —
Third come comen
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First como comemos
Second comes —
Third come comen
Imperative
SingularPlural
First — comamos
Second come —
Third coma coman
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First comí comimos
Second comiste —
Third comió comieron
Present
Past
Indicative future
SingularPlural
First comeré comeremos
Second comerás —
Third comerá comerán
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First comeré comeremos
Second comerás —
Third comerá comerán
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First comía comíamos
Third comía comían
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First comía comíamos
Second comieras —
Third comía comían
Subjunctive
SingularPlural
Second comas —
Third — comieran
Conditional
SingularPlural
First comería —
Second comerías —
Third comería —
Indicative

La col puede comerse cruda.

Cabbage can be eaten raw.

¿Cómo pudieron comerse a Natsuko?

How could they eat Natsuko?

— El niño y la garza (2023)

¿Quién va a comerse todo esto?

Who's going to eat all this?

— पीकू (2015)

Está destinada a comerse a su madre.

She is destined to eat her mother.

— La única opción (2025)

Hay que comerse todo el plato de comida.

You have to eat the whole plate of food.

— Das Experiment (2001)

Oí que una mujer apuñaló a un hombre por comerse su almuerzo.

I heard that a woman stabbed a man for eating her lunch.

Y puede comerse eso de una vez.

And you can eat that all at once.

— Las Travesuras de una Sirena (2016)

¿Van a comerse estos pasteles?

Are you going to eat these cakes?

Es como lo de comerse el lápiz labial o intercambiar los zapatos.

It's like eating lipstick or swapping shoes.

— Todo en Todas Partes al Mismo Tiempo (2022)

Esta sopa está demasiado salada para comerse.

This soup is too salty to eat.

A ella le gusta comerse el coco.

She likes to overthink things.

Tom siempre está intentando comerse a Jerry.

Tom is always trying to eat Jerry.

Tom no pudo comerse todo el sándwich.

Tom couldn't eat the whole sandwich.

Ella le vio comerse un sándwich.

She saw him eating a sandwich.

No son billetes de banco que pueden comerse las ratas.

These are not banknotes that rats can eat.

— Manon des sources (1986)

Él tenía tanta hambre que no dudó en comerse todo lo que había en el plato.

He was so hungry that he didn’t hesitate to eat everything on the plate.

Y entonces comenzaron a comerse unos a otros.

And then they started eating each other.

Tom no tenía ganas de comerse el almuerzo.

Tom didn't feel like eating lunch.

Pus entonces comerse éste, es como comulgar, ¿no?

Well, eating this one is like taking communion, right?

— Nazarín (1959)

No sirve de mucho comerse el teclado.

It's not much use eating the keyboard.

Lo vieron comerse un trozo de torta en secreto.

They saw him secretly eating a piece of cake.

Supongo que Howl no querrá comerse el corazón de una vieja.

I suppose Howl wouldn't want to eat an old woman's heart.

— El increíble castillo vagabundo (2004)

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