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Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “to eat the world”.
Verb
comerse el mundo (first-person singular present me como el mundo, first-person singular preterite me comí el mundo, past participle comido el mundo)
- (idiomatic) to reach the top, to be the champion
1997, Roberto Bolaño, “Sensini”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:Cuando hablaba de Miranda, por el contrario, Sensini se ponía alegre, Miranda era joven, tenía ganas de comerse el mundo, una curiosidad insaciable, y además, decía, era linda y buena.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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