carcomer
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)
infinitive | carcomer | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014