Eat
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British pronunciation/ˈiːt/
American pronunciation/ˈit/

Definición y Significado de "eat"

to eat
01

comer

to put food into the mouth, then chew and swallow it
Transitive: to eat food
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They enjoy eating pizza on Friday nights.
He was too busy to eat lunch due to back-to-back meetings.
We ate sushi for the first time and loved it.
1.1

comer

to consume food as a meal
Intransitive
to eat definition and meaning
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We usually eat at our favorite restaurant on Sundays.
We never eat at that diner because the food is not to our liking.
They ate at a sushi restaurant and tried various rolls.
02

preocupar

to cause worry or annoyance for someone
Transitive: to eat sb
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Waiting for news of the surgery is eating me with anxiety.
The long commute eats my mom with stress every day.
What 's eating you today?
03

comer, corroer

to gradually destroy, damage, or weaken something through exposure to or contact with a corrosive substance like water, air, or an acid
Transitive: to eat sth
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The acid rain has eaten holes in the marble statues outside.
The statue 's stone surface was slowly eaten by acid rain, resulting in visible erosion.
The constant exposure to moisture caused the wooden deck to gradually be eaten by rot.
04

consumir, devorar

to use or utilize a lot of resources or materials
Transitive: to eat resources or materials
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The heavy machinery eats through coal to generate power.
This new software eats a lot of memory on my computer.
Running the furnace in winter eats natural gas quickly.
05

asumir, incurrir en

to bear a financial loss without seeking compensation or reimbursement
Transitive: to eat a financial loss
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The business ate the cost of the damaged goods.
The homeowner had to eat the roof repair expense.
If necessary, we could probably eat the cost of the equipment repairs.
06

comer, devorar

to orally pleasure a person's genitals
Transitive: to eat sb
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He loves it when she eats him.
They engaged in mutual pleasure as they ate each other.
She asked him to eat her as a form of foreplay.
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