comê
Indo-Portuguese
Etymology
Portuguese comer (“to eat”), from Old Galician-Portuguese comer, from Latin comedere (“to eat or chew up”).
Verb
comê
- 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
Etymology
From Indo-Portuguese comê, from Portuguese comer (“to eat”), from Old Galician-Portuguese comer, from Latin comedere (“to eat or chew up”).
Verb
comê
- to eat
- comê caril ― to eat curry
- comê babáu ― to be disappointed, disillusioned (literally, “to eat disappointed”)
- comê negâ ― to eat and deny (having eaten)
- comê quí ravirâ ― to eat to the point of turning over
- dâ comê ― to feed (literally, “to give to eat”)
- comê ramatâ ― to eat everything up
- Vai comê jagra! ― Go to hell! Get lost! (literally, “Go eat muscovado sugar!”)
- (figurative) to consume
- Êle tâ comê pensám ― He is drawing his retirement pension (literally, “He is eating pension”)
Portuguese
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