carcomer
Portuguese
Etymology
From carcoma (“woodworm”) + -er (verbal suffix), influenced by comer (“to eat”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaʁ.koˈme(ʁ)/ [kah.koˈme(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kaɾ.koˈme(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kaʁ.koˈme(ʁ)/ [kaχ.koˈme(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaɻ.koˈme(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐɾ.kuˈmeɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐɾ.kuˈme.ɾi/
Verb
carcomer (first-person singular present carcomo, first-person singular preterite carcomi, past participle carcomido)
- (transitive, also figurative) to eat away (to erode or corrode gradually)
Conjugation
Conjugation of carcomer (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | carcomer | |||||
| Personal | carcomer | carcomeres | carcomer | carcomermos | carcomerdes | carcomerem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| carcomendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | carcomido | carcomidos | ||||
| Feminine | carcomida | carcomidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | carcomo | carcomes | carcome | carcomemos | carcomeis | carcomem |
| Imperfect | carcomia | carcomias | carcomia | carcomíamos | carcomíeis | carcomiam |
| Preterite | carcomi | carcomeste | carcomeu | carcomemos | carcomestes | carcomeram |
| Pluperfect | carcomera | carcomeras | carcomera | carcomêramos | carcomêreis | carcomeram |
| Future | carcomerei | carcomerás | carcomerá | carcomeremos | carcomereis | carcomerão |
| Conditional | carcomeria | carcomerias | carcomeria | carcomeríamos | carcomeríeis | carcomeriam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | carcoma | carcomas | carcoma | carcomamos | carcomais | carcomam |
| Imperfect | carcomesse | carcomesses | carcomesse | carcomêssemos | carcomêsseis | carcomessem |
| Future | carcomer | carcomeres | carcomer | carcomermos | carcomerdes | carcomerem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | carcome | carcoma | carcomamos | carcomei | carcomam | |
| Negative (não) | não carcomas | não carcoma | não carcomamos | não carcomais | não carcomam | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “carcomer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From carcoma (“woodworm”) + -er (verbal suffix), probably influenced by comer (“eat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaɾkoˈmeɾ/ [kaɾ.koˈmeɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: car‧co‧mer
Verb
carcomer (first-person singular present carcomo, first-person singular preterite carcomí, past participle carcomido)
- (transitive, also figurative) to eat away (to erode or corrode gradually)
- (reflexive) to waste away, to be consumed
Conjugation
Conjugation of carcomer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
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 | |
Further reading
- “carcomer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024