食う

Meanings

1. Godan verb · Transitive

   to eat

2. Godan verb · Transitive

   to live; to make a living; to survive

3. Godan verb · Transitive

   to bite; to sting (as insects do)

4. Godan verb · Transitive

   to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of

5. Godan verb · Transitive

   to encroach on; to eat into; to consume

6. Godan verb · Transitive

   to defeat a superior; to threaten a position

7. Godan verb · Transitive

   to consume time; to consume resources

8. Godan verb · Transitive

   to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)

9. Godan verb · Transitive

   to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

In Spanish

1. comer

2. vivir; ganarse la vida; sobrevivir

3. morder; picar (insectos)

4. fastidiar; atormentar; reírse o hacer burla de; no tomar en serio; mofarse de

5. meterse en; desgastar; consumir

6. derrotar a un superior; amenazar una posición

7. consumir tiempo o recursos

8. recibir algo (de un evento desfavorable); comer

Kanji in this word

• 食

Example sentences

• この事業じぎょうは金かねを食くう。

  This job eats money.

  Este negocio consume dinero.

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• お腹なかを空すかせたその男おとこは、食物しょくもつをむさぼり食くった。

  The starving man devoured the food.

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