se come

is eaten

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phrase Very common #2,550

is eaten With impersonal or passive se, it means that people eat something or that it is eaten. With a specific subject, it can mean “eats” or “eats up.”

SP: Aquí se come muy bien.

EN: People eat very well here.

Sandra se come una rebanada de pan y un café de desayuno.

Sandra eats a slice of bread and drinks a coffee for breakfast.

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.

¿Esto se come?

Is this edible?

— Lazzaro felice (2018)

La venganza es un plato que se come frío.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Se come para vivir, no se vive para comer.

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

La gallina se come el insecto.

The hen eats the insect.

El pez grande se come al pequeño.

The big fish eats the little fish.

Se trabaja como se come.

You work like you eat.

El murciélago se come a la mariposa.

The bat eats the butterfly.

Se come con las manos.

It is eaten with your hands.

— Guardianes Del Día (2006)

Tom se come los rábanos crudos.

Tom eats the radishes raw.

¿Por qué nadie se come mis papas?

Why is nobody eating my fries?

El águila se come al reptil.

The eagle eats the reptile.

El dinero no se come.

You can’t eat money.

Por eso se come tan bien.

That's why the food is so good.

— El espinazo del diablo (2001)

¿Esa no se come?

Don't you eat that?

— Lazzaro felice (2018)

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

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

Se come.

It is eaten.

La gallina se come una mariposa.

The hen eats a butterfly.

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

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

— Aquarius (2016)

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

This restaurant serves the best lasagna in town.

Tom comúnmente se come su almuerzo solo.

Tom usually eats his lunch alone.

John a menudo se come un desayuno rápido.

John often eats a quick breakfast.

El pollo se come el insecto.

The chicken eats the insect.

Se come el resto.

He eats the rest.

Tom se come un desayuno saludable cada mañana.

Tom eats a healthy breakfast every morning.

¿Cuándo se come?

What time do we eat?

— Mother Night (1996)

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 se come cualquier cosa que Mary ponga en la mesa.

Tom eats anything Mary puts on the table.

En mi casa ni siquiera al mediodía se come.

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

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

El gato se come al pájaro.

The cat eats the bird.

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.

Hey, eso no se come.

Hey, you don't eat that.

— Suzume (2022)

¡El primero que salga por esta puerta se come una ensalada de plomo!

The first person through that door gets a lead salad!

— El Club de la Pelea (1999)

¿En su país se come arroz?

Do people eat rice in your country?

Tomás se come las uñas.

Tomás bites his nails.

Se come en la sala.

You eat in the living room.

— ¡Ayuda! (2026)

El cuscús se come con la carne.

Couscous is eaten with meat.

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

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

— ¡Adiós Lenin! (2003)

El cangrejo se come la suciedad.

The crab eats the dirt.

— Брат 2 (2000)

Si acaso, se come los cuerpos.

If anything, it eats the bodies.

— La sociedad de la nieve (2023)

¡El bebé se come esa mierda!

The baby eats that crap!

— Mátate, amor (2025)

Porque si no no se come.

Because otherwise it won't get eaten.

— Ladrón de bicicletas (1948)

Se come bien.

The food is good.

— La dolce vita (1960)