Spanish Verb COMER - to eat. Regular ER family

Spanish Verb COMER: to eat

The Spanish verb comer means 'to eat' and is a regular Spanish ER verb.

To remember this, imagine you eat while you COMB HAIR!

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to eat: comer
Imagine you eat while you COMB HAIR!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE COMER - to eat
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb comer
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente eat	como	comes	come	comemos	coméis	comen
Imperfect Imperfecto ate	comía	comías	comía	comíamos	comíais	comían
Preterit Pretérito ate	comí	comiste	comió	comimos	comisteis	comieron
Future Futuro will eat	comeré	comerás	comerá	comeremos	comeréis	comerán
Conditional Condicional would eat	comería	comerías	comería	comeríamos	comeríais	comerían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may eat	coma	comas	coma	comamos	comáis	coman
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might eat	comiera	comieras	comiera	comiéramos	comiereis	comieran
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might eat	comiese	comieses	comiese	comiésemos	comieseis	comiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb comer - to eat
Imperative Imperativo eat!		come!	coma!	comamos!	comed!	coman!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't eat!		no comas!	no coma!	no comamos!	no comáis!	no coman!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb COMER Past Participle: comido - eaten
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have eaten	he comido	has comido	ha comido	hemos comido	habéis comido	han comido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had eaten	hube comido	hubiste comido	hubo comido	hubimos comido	hubisteis comido	hubieron comido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had eaten	había comido	habías comido	había comido	habíamos comido	habíais comido	habían comido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have eaten	haya comido	hayas comido	haya comido	hayamos comido	hayáis comido	hayan comido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have eaten	habré comido	habrás comido	habrá comido	habremos comido	habréis comido	habrán comido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have .eaten	habría comido	habrías comido	habría comido	habríamos comido	habríais comido	habrían comido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have eaten	hubiera comido	hubieras comido	hubiera comido	hubiéramos comido	hubierais comido	hubieran comido
	hubiese comido	hubieses comido	hubiese comido	hubiésemos comido	hubieseis comido	hubiesen comido
Progressive Tenses COMER Present Participle: comiendo - eating
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am eating	estoy comiendo	estás comiendo	está comiendo	estamos comiendo	está comiendo	están comiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was eating	estuve comiendo	estuviste comiendo	estuvo comiendo	estuvimos comiendo	estuvisteis comiendo	estuvieron comiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been eating	estaba comiendo	estabas comiendo	estaba comiendo	estábamos comiendo	estabais comiendo	estaban comiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be eating	estaré comiendo	estarás comiendo	estará comiendo	estaremos comiendo	estaréis comiendo	estarán comiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría comiendo	estarías comiendo	estabría comiendo	estaríamos comiendo	estaríais comiendo	estarían comiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been eating	que ~ comiendo	que ~ comiendo	que ~ comiendo	que ~ comiendo	que ~ comiendo	que ~ comiendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB COMER

comerse (vr): to eat away (at); to leave off; to miss out.
comerse a alguien vivo: to skin someone alive (coll).
Se lo come la envidia.: to be consumed with jealousy.
comer las uñas : to bite one's nails.

la comida (nf) : food, meal.
el comedor (nm) : dining room; canteen; dining room suite.
el/la comensal (nm/f) : diner, guest (for dinner)
tener ganas de comer: to feel like eating; to be hungry.
dar de comer: to feed.

¿Qué hay de comer? What's there to eat?
¡a comer! Come and eat! Food is ready!
¡Come y calla! Be quiet and do as you're told! (fam)

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In regular ER verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos comés
Imperativo: ¡comé!

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