manger

Senses

1. 1.

   to eat

   to consume food

2. 2.

   to erode; to wear away

   to gradually destroy or reduce by friction or corrosion

3. 3.

   to eat away at; to consume (money, resources)

   to spend or deplete gradually

Examples

• "Je mange une pomme le matin."

  I eat an apple in the morning.

• "Le sel mange le métal."

  Salt eats away at the metal.

• "Les frais de voyage mangent mon budget."

  Travel expenses are eating into my budget.

Usage

Manger is one of the most common French verbs. Note the spelling change in the first-person plural (je mange, nous mangeons) to preserve the soft 'g' sound. Colloquially, "manger" can also mean to consume or "eat up" resources or time.