como
Meaning
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- (not-comparable) how (in what way, manner)
- (not-comparable) why; how could (for what cause, reason, or purpose), when the action is considered reproachful
- (not-comparable) such as; like; for example: introduces an example or list of examples
- (not-comparable) like; just alike; similarly to
- (not-comparable) how: indicates surprise, delight or other strong feelings
Frequency
Hyphenated as
co‧mo
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ko.mu/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese como (“how; in what way”), from Latin cōmō̆, a non-literary form of quōmodo.
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New
comer
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- (intransitive,transitive) to eat
- (intransitive,transitive) to eat
- (Brazil,intransitive,transitive) to eat
- (transitive) to capture (eliminate a piece from the game)
- (transitive) to corrode; to eat away, to destroy (to slowly destroy)
- (broadly,colloquial,transitive) to use up; to eat up; to consume
- (transitive,vulgar) to fuck; to screw (to penetrate sexually)
- (broadly,transitive,vulgar) to have any sexual or otherwise libidinous relationship with someone
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