chancomer
Spanish
Etymology
From comer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃankoˈmeɾ/ [t͡ʃãŋ.koˈmeɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: chan‧co‧mer
Verb
chancomer (first-person singular present chancomo, first-person singular preterite chancomí, past participle chancomido)
- (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) to nibble
- (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) to corrode, to eat away
- (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua) to oxidize
Conjugation
Conjugation of chancomer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | chancomer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | chancomiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | chancomido | chancomida | |||||
| plural | chancomidos | chancomidas | |||||
| 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 | chancomo | chancomestú chancomésvos |
chancome | chancomemos | chancoméis | chancomen | |
| imperfect | chancomía | chancomías | chancomía | chancomíamos | chancomíais | chancomían | |
| preterite | chancomí | chancomiste | chancomió | chancomimos | chancomisteis | chancomieron | |
| future | chancomeré | chancomerás | chancomerá | chancomeremos | chancomeréis | chancomerán | |
| conditional | chancomería | chancomerías | chancomería | chancomeríamos | chancomeríais | chancomerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | chancoma | chancomastú chancomásvos2 |
chancoma | chancomamos | chancomáis | chancoman | |
| imperfect (ra) |
chancomiera | chancomieras | chancomiera | chancomiéramos | chancomierais | chancomieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
chancomiese | chancomieses | chancomiese | chancomiésemos | chancomieseis | chancomiesen | |
| future1 | chancomiere | chancomieres | chancomiere | chancomiéremos | chancomiereis | chancomieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | chancometú chancomévos |
chancoma | chancomamos | chancomed | chancoman | ||
| negative | no chancomas | no chancoma | no chancomamos | no chancomáis | no chancoman | ||
Selected combined forms of chancomer
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 chancomer | dative | chancomerme | chancomerte | chancomerle, chancomerse | chancomernos | chancomeros | chancomerles, chancomerse |
| accusative | chancomerme | chancomerte | chancomerlo, chancomerla, chancomerse | chancomernos | chancomeros | chancomerlos, chancomerlas, chancomerse | |
| with gerund chancomiendo | dative | chancomiéndome | chancomiéndote | chancomiéndole, chancomiéndose | chancomiéndonos | chancomiéndoos | chancomiéndoles, chancomiéndose |
| accusative | chancomiéndome | chancomiéndote | chancomiéndolo, chancomiéndola, chancomiéndose | chancomiéndonos | chancomiéndoos | chancomiéndolos, chancomiéndolas, chancomiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative chancome | dative | chancómeme | chancómete | chancómele | chancómenos | not used | chancómeles |
| accusative | chancómeme | chancómete | chancómelo, chancómela | chancómenos | not used | chancómelos, chancómelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative chancomé | dative | chancomeme | chancomete | chancomele | chancomenos | not used | chancomeles |
| accusative | chancomeme | chancomete | chancomelo, chancomela | chancomenos | not used | chancomelos, chancomelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative chancoma | dative | chancómame | not used | chancómale, chancómase | chancómanos | not used | chancómales |
| accusative | chancómame | not used | chancómalo, chancómala, chancómase | chancómanos | not used | chancómalos, chancómalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative chancomamos | dative | not used | chancomámoste | chancomámosle | chancomámonos | chancomámoos | chancomámosles |
| accusative | not used | chancomámoste | chancomámoslo, chancomámosla | chancomámonos | chancomámoos | chancomámoslos, chancomámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative chancomed | dative | chancomedme | not used | chancomedle | chancomednos | chancomeos | chancomedles |
| accusative | chancomedme | not used | chancomedlo, chancomedla | chancomednos | chancomeos | chancomedlos, chancomedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative chancoman | dative | chancómanme | not used | chancómanle | chancómannos | not used | chancómanles, chancómanse |
| accusative | chancómanme | not used | chancómanlo, chancómanla | chancómannos | not used | chancómanlos, chancómanlas, chancómanse | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “chancomer”, 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
- “chancomer”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010