We all love to eat and therefore, comer, the Spanish verb meaning "to eat," will be an important verb to learn to conjugate. Comer is a very common verb and you will find yourself using it several times a day.
Conjugations for Comer
Luckily, comer is a perfectly regular -er verb. Here are the conjugations for comer in several common verb tenses.
Present
| Yo | como | Nosotros/as | comemos |
| Tú | comes | Vosotros/as | coméis |
| Él/Ella/Ud. | come | Ellos/Ellas/Uds. | comen |
Example Sentence:
Los domingos comemos tamales después de la misa. → On Sundays we eat tamales after mass.
Imperfect
| Yo | comía | Nosotros/as | comíamos |
| Tú | comías | Vosotros/as | comíais |
| Él/Ella/Ud. | comía | Ellos/Ellas/Uds. | comían |
Example Sentence:
Cuando eras niño nunca comías las verduras. → When you were young, you never ate vegetables.
Preterite
| Yo | comí | Nosotros/as | comimos |
| Tú | comiste | Vosotros/as | comisteis |
| Él/Ella/Ud. | comió | Ellos/Ellas/Uds. | comieron |
Example Sentence:
El verano pasado, fui a España y comí paella. → Last summer I went to Spain and ate paella.
Future
| Yo | comeré | Nosotros/as | comeremos |
| Tú | comerás | Vosotros/as | comeréis |
| Él/Ella/Ud. | comerá | Ellos/Ellas/Uds. | comerán |
Example Sentence:
Durante las fiestas, comeréis galletas navideñas. → During the holidays, you guys will eat Christmas cookies.
Conditional
| Yo | comería | Nosotros/as | comeríamos |
| Tú | comerías | Vosotros/as | comeríais |
| Él/Ella/Ud. | comería | Ellos/Ellas/Uds. | comerían |
Example Sentence:
Si no estuviera a dieta, comería una hamburguesa con papas. → If I wasn't on a diet, I would eat a hamburger with french fries.
Reflexive Form
The reflexive form of comer, comerse, is used to express the action of "eating whole/entire thing." It is often used in the imperative form and followed with the word todo, meaning "everything," to add emphasis. For example, a mother may say to her son who isn't eating his dinner:
¡Cómetelo todo! → Eat the whole thing/everything!
Equally, if you are looking at a nice, big piece of chocolate cake you may say:
¡Me voy a comerlo todo! → I am going to eat the whole thing!
It can also mean, "go ahead and finish it" when people are wondering who is going to finish the last bite of something. As a sign of respect to an elderly member of the family, you may say:
¡Comaselo abuela! → Finish it Grandma/it's all yours Grandma!
By familiarizing yourself with the conjugations of comer in various tenses as well as how to use it in the reflexive form, you'll never go hungry in a Spanish speaking country!
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We all love to eat and therefore, comer, the Spanish verb meaning “to eat,” will be an important verb to learn to conjugate. Comer is a very common verb and you will find yourself using it several times a day.
