comê

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See also: come, comé, Côme, and com'è

Indo-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Portuguese comer (to eat), from Old Galician-Portuguese comer, from Latin comedere (to eat or chew up).

Verb

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comê

  1. to eat (to consume food)
    • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
      Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:
      Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on:

Macanese

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Etymology

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From Indo-Portuguese comê, from Portuguese comer (to eat), from Old Galician-Portuguese comer, from Latin comedere (to eat or chew up).

Verb

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comê

  1. to eat
    comê carilto eat curry
    comê babáuto be disappointed, disillusioned (literally, “to eat disappointed”)
    comê negâto eat and deny (having eaten)
    comê quí ravirâto eat to the point of turning over
    comêto feed (literally, “to give to eat”)
    comê ramatâto eat everything up
    Vai comê jagra!Go to hell! Get lost! (literally, “Go eat muscovado sugar!”)
  2. (figurative) to consume
    Êle tâ comê pensámHe is drawing his retirement pension (literally, “He is eating pension”)

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Portuguese

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Verb

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comê

  1. Apocopic form of comer; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
  2. Eye dialect spelling of comer, representing Brazil Portuguese.