Comer

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Quotations 2 Portuguese, Spanish 2.1 Verb 2.1.1 Translations

English

Noun

1. One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning
2. fig one who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory

Quotations

• 2004: The transition from comer to also-ran can be quick — The New Yorker, August 9 & 16, 2004, p.40
• 2004: Django, then, was not just a comer; he was a cause. — The New Yorker, December 6, 2004, p.105

Portuguese, Spanish

Verb

1. To consume food through the mouth

Translations

• Breton: debriñ
• Bulgarian: храня се, ям
• Catalan: menjar
• Czech: jíst
• Dutch: eten
• English: eat
• Esperanto: manĝi
• Finnish: syödä
• French: manger
• German: essen
• Indonesian: makan, memakan
• Irish: ith
• Italian: mangiare
• Japanese: 食べる (たべる, taberu), 食う (くう, kuu) (vulgar), 食事する (しょくじする, shokuji-suru), 召し上がる (めしあがる, meshi-agaru) (honorific), 頂く (いただく, itadaku) (humble)
• Latin: edere
• Norwegian: spise, ete
• Polish: jeść
• Romanian: mânca
• Russian: есть
• Swedish: äta