comeperros
/komeperos/from spelling rules
The English phrase "dog eater" can be translated into Spanish as comeperros.
The term is used to describe a person who eats dog meat.
Which one should you use?
The slang term comeperros is used, whereas consumidor de carne de perro is a formal option.
How do you pronounce it?
/komeperos/
Did you know?
- While comeperros is a literal term, the word perro is frequently used in Spanish slang to describe a man who is a flirt or chronically unfaithful.
- Spanish uses the pattern of come plus a noun to create various insults, such as comemierdas to describe someone who is pathetic or a failure.
- Although comeperros is a literal description, it is rarely used as a neutral term and is almost always intended as a strong cultural insult or a way to mark someone as 'foreign' and 'barbaric'.
Examples in context
- Dicen que el viejo Ricardo es un comeperros. ¡Espero que no sea cierto!They say old Ricardo is a dog eater. I hope it's not true!
Example conversation
Maria and Alejandro are discussing weird food habits.
- MaríaHeard that some people are comeperros.I heard that some people are dog eaters.
- AlejandroEso es muy extraño, María.That is very strange, Maria.
- MaríaSí, yo nunca sería un comeperros.Yes, I would never be a dog eater.
- AlejandroYo tampoco, Alejandro piensa lo mismo.Me neither, Alejandro thinks the same.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
