What does comer mean?
comer means to eat in English. It is a regular -er verb and one of the verbs Spanish learners should recognize quickly because it appears in everyday speech, stories, instructions, and classroom practice.
Learning a verb well means more than memorizing one form. You need to see how the verb changes with different subjects, how it behaves in the past, and how it sounds in practical sentences. This page gives you a compact reference for comer and connects it to related VerbyGo practice pages.
comer conjugation table
Use this table as a starting point for active recall. Cover one column, say the pronoun, and try to produce the form before checking the answer.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|
| yo |
como |
comí |
comía |
comeré |
| tú |
comes |
comiste |
comías |
comerás |
| él / ella / usted |
come |
comió |
comía |
comerá |
| nosotros/as |
comemos |
comimos |
comíamos |
comeremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes |
comen |
comieron |
comían |
comerán |
Examples with comer
- Como fruta en la mañana. I eat fruit in the morning.
- Comíamos juntos los domingos. We used to eat together on Sundays.
- Comeré después de estudiar. I will eat after studying.
Read each example as a full sentence. This helps you connect the form to meaning, not just to a chart. If a form feels difficult, practice it with several pronouns before moving to a new tense.
Practice prompts
- Conjugate comer for yo in the present.
- Conjugate comer for ella in the preterite.
- Conjugate comer for nosotros/as in the imperfect.
- Write one sentence using comer in the future.
Practice comer online
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