carcomer

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾkoˈmeɾ/
  • 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

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