comer

Senses

1. 1.

   to eat

   to consume food

2. 2.

   to consume; to erode

   to wear away or use up gradually

3. 3.

   to take (in games/sports)

   to capture or remove a piece or move

Examples

• "Vou comer uma maçã depois."

  I'm going to eat an apple later.

• "A ferrugem está comendo o metal."

  Rust is eating away at the metal.

• "O cavalo comeu meu peão no xadrez."

  The knight captured my pawn in chess.

Usage

Very common and regular verb. Can be literal (eating food) or figurative (erosion, consumption). In chess/games, "comer" means to capture. Colloquially, "comer algo" can also mean "to forget" or "to skip" (e.g., "comer uma letra" = to skip a letter in spelling).