Comer Conjugation: all tenses with charts
comer — to eat
Present tense
como, comes, come, comemos, coméis, comen
Participle comido · gerund comiendo
comer — present
presente · What is true now, what happens regularly, and settled plans.
| yo | como |
| tú | comes |
| él / ella / usted | come |
| nosotros | comemos |
| vosotros | coméis |
| ellos / ustedes | comen |
comer — preterite
pretérito indefinido · A finished event that moves the story forward.
| yo | comí |
| tú | comiste |
| él / ella / usted | comió |
| nosotros | comimos |
| vosotros | comisteis |
| ellos / ustedes | comieron |
comer — imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · Habits, background and description in the past.
| yo | comía |
| tú | comías |
| él / ella / usted | comía |
| nosotros | comíamos |
| vosotros | comíais |
| ellos / ustedes | comían |
comer — future
futuro simple · What will happen — and guesses about what is happening now.
| yo | comeré |
| tú | comerás |
| él / ella / usted | comerá |
| nosotros | comeremos |
| vosotros | comeréis |
| ellos / ustedes | comerán |
comer — conditional
condicional simple · Would: polite requests and unreal situations.
| yo | comería |
| tú | comerías |
| él / ella / usted | comería |
| nosotros | comeríamos |
| vosotros | comeríais |
| ellos / ustedes | comerían |
comer — present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · After wish, doubt, emotion and necessity.
| yo | coma |
| tú | comas |
| él / ella / usted | coma |
| nosotros | comamos |
| vosotros | comáis |
| ellos / ustedes | coman |
comer — imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · Past-tense triggers and si clauses about the unreal.
| yo | comiera |
| tú | comieras |
| él / ella / usted | comiera |
| nosotros | comiéramos |
| vosotros | comierais |
| ellos / ustedes | comieran |
The -se forms mean exactly the same: comiese, comieses, comiese…
comer — commands
imperativo · the negative forms come from the subjunctive, which is why they never match the affirmative ones.
| Person | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| tú | come | no comas |
| él / ella / usted | coma | no coma |
| nosotros | comamos | no comamos |
| vosotros | comed | no comáis |
| ellos / ustedes | coman | no coman |
comer — compound tenses
All of them are haber plus the participle comido — learn haber once and every compound tense comes free.
| Present perfect | he comido |
| Past perfect | había comido |
| Future perfect | habré comido |
| Conditional perfect | habría comido |
| Present perfect subjunctive | haya comido |
| Pluperfect subjunctive | hubiera comido |
Conjugate it yourself
Type the form — these are the cells people get wrong most often.
comer — yo · present
A chart you read once is a chart you forget
Trazo puts comer into spaced repetition and brings it back exactly when you are about to lose it — next to the grammar and the sentences from your own lessons.