carcomer

Portuguese

Etymology

From carcoma (“woodworm”) + -er (verbal suffix), influenced by comer (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.koˈme(ʁ)/ [kah.koˈme(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.koˈme(ʁ)/ [kah.koˈme(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾ.koˈme(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁ.koˈme(ʁ)/ [kaχ.koˈme(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻ.koˈme(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.kuˈmeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.kuˈmeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾ.kuˈme.ɾi/

Verb

carcomer (first-person singular present carcomo, first-person singular preterite carcomi, past participle carcomido)

1. (transitive, also figurative) to eat away (to erode or corrode gradually)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carcomer (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	carcomer
Personal	carcomer	carcomeres	carcomer	carcomermos	carcomerdes	carcomerem
Gerund
	carcomendo
Past participle
Masculine	carcomido			carcomidos
Feminine	carcomida			carcomidas
Indicative
Present	carcomo	carcomes	carcome	carcomemos	carcomeis	carcomem
Imperfect	carcomia	carcomias	carcomia	carcomíamos	carcomíeis	carcomiam
Preterite	carcomi	carcomeste	carcomeu	carcomemos	carcomestes	carcomeram
Pluperfect	carcomera	carcomeras	carcomera	carcomêramos	carcomêreis	carcomeram
Future	carcomerei	carcomerás	carcomerá	carcomeremos	carcomereis	carcomerão
Conditional	carcomeria	carcomerias	carcomeria	carcomeríamos	carcomeríeis	carcomeriam
Subjunctive
Present	carcoma	carcomas	carcoma	carcomamos	carcomais	carcomam
Imperfect	carcomesse	carcomesses	carcomesse	carcomêssemos	carcomêsseis	carcomessem
Future	carcomer	carcomeres	carcomer	carcomermos	carcomerdes	carcomerem
Imperative
Affirmative		carcome	carcoma	carcomamos	carcomei	carcomam
Negative (não)		não carcomas	não carcoma	não carcomamos	não carcomais	não carcomam

Derived terms

• carcomido

Further reading

• “carcomer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From carcoma (“woodworm”) + -er (verbal suffix), probably influenced by comer (“eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾkoˈmeɾ/ [kaɾ.koˈmeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: car‧co‧mer

Verb

carcomer (first-person singular present carcomo, first-person singular preterite carcomí, past participle carcomido)

1. (transitive, also figurative) to eat away (to erode or corrode gradually)
2. (reflexive) to waste away, to be consumed

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carcomer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			carcomer
gerund			carcomiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		carcomido		carcomida
		plural		carcomidos		carcomidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	carcomo	carcomestú carcomésvos	carcome	carcomemos	carcoméis	carcomen
	imperfect	carcomía	carcomías	carcomía	carcomíamos	carcomíais	carcomían
	preterite	carcomí	carcomiste	carcomió	carcomimos	carcomisteis	carcomieron
	future	carcomeré	carcomerás	carcomerá	carcomeremos	carcomeréis	carcomerán
	conditional	carcomería	carcomerías	carcomería	carcomeríamos	carcomeríais	carcomerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	carcoma	carcomastú carcomásvos2	carcoma	carcomamos	carcomáis	carcoman
	imperfect (ra)	carcomiera	carcomieras	carcomiera	carcomiéramos	carcomierais	carcomieran
	imperfect (se)	carcomiese	carcomieses	carcomiese	carcomiésemos	carcomieseis	carcomiesen
	future1	carcomiere	carcomieres	carcomiere	carcomiéremos	carcomiereis	carcomieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		carcometú carcomévos	carcoma	carcomamos	carcomed	carcoman
	negative		no carcomas	no carcoma	no carcomamos	no carcomáis	no carcoman

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of carcomer

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive carcomer	dative	carcomerme	carcomerte	carcomerle, carcomerse	carcomernos	carcomeros	carcomerles, carcomerse
	accusative	carcomerme	carcomerte	carcomerlo, carcomerla, carcomerse	carcomernos	carcomeros	carcomerlos, carcomerlas, carcomerse
with gerund carcomiendo	dative	carcomiéndome	carcomiéndote	carcomiéndole, carcomiéndose	carcomiéndonos	carcomiéndoos	carcomiéndoles, carcomiéndose
	accusative	carcomiéndome	carcomiéndote	carcomiéndolo, carcomiéndola, carcomiéndose	carcomiéndonos	carcomiéndoos	carcomiéndolos, carcomiéndolas, carcomiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative carcome	dative	carcómeme	carcómete	carcómele	carcómenos	not used	carcómeles
	accusative	carcómeme	carcómete	carcómelo, carcómela	carcómenos	not used	carcómelos, carcómelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative carcomé	dative	carcomeme	carcomete	carcomele	carcomenos	not used	carcomeles
	accusative	carcomeme	carcomete	carcomelo, carcomela	carcomenos	not used	carcomelos, carcomelas
with formal second-person singular imperative carcoma	dative	carcómame	not used	carcómale, carcómase	carcómanos	not used	carcómales
	accusative	carcómame	not used	carcómalo, carcómala, carcómase	carcómanos	not used	carcómalos, carcómalas
with first-person plural imperative carcomamos	dative	not used	carcomámoste	carcomámosle	carcomámonos	carcomámoos	carcomámosles
	accusative	not used	carcomámoste	carcomámoslo, carcomámosla	carcomámonos	carcomámoos	carcomámoslos, carcomámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative carcomed	dative	carcomedme	not used	carcomedle	carcomednos	carcomeos	carcomedles
	accusative	carcomedme	not used	carcomedlo, carcomedla	carcomednos	carcomeos	carcomedlos, carcomedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative carcoman	dative	carcómanme	not used	carcómanle	carcómannos	not used	carcómanles, carcómanse
	accusative	carcómanme	not used	carcómanlo, carcómanla	carcómannos	not used	carcómanlos, carcómanlas, carcómanse

Further reading

• “carcomer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10