eaten

to have food or drink as part of a meal or snack

comer, comerse, consumir

• have eaten something

Collocations eaten breakfast/lunch/dinner · eaten a sandwich/snack

• I have already eaten my lunch.

  Ya he comido mi almuerzo.

to finish eating something completely

terminar de comer, acabar de comerse

• have eaten something

Collocations eaten the last piece of cake · eaten all the food on my plate

• She has already eaten the whole pie.

  Ella ya ha comido toda la tarta.

used to describe an action that happened in the past and is now complete

comer, haber comido

• have eaten something

Collocations eaten a lot of food yesterday · eaten too much cake

• We have already eaten at that restaurant.

  Ya hemos comido en ese restaurante.

used in the past perfect tense to describe an action completed before another past event

haber comido, haber terminado de comer

• had eaten something

Collocations had eaten breakfast before leaving home · had already eaten when they arrived

• I had eaten my lunch by the time I got to work.

  Ya había comido mi almuerzo cuando llegué al trabajo.

used as a past participle in passive voice constructions or after verbs like 'have' to indicate completed action

haber sido comido, haber terminado de comerse

• be eaten by somebody/something

Collocations the cake was eaten by the children · the food had been eaten before we arrived

• The cookies were eaten by the kids.

  Las galletas fueron comidas por los niños.

used in past perfect continuous to describe an action that started before a specific time and continued up until another point in the past

haber estado comiendo, haber terminado de comerse

• had been eating something

Collocations had been eating for hours before they left · had been eating when the phone rang

• They had been eating for two hours by then.

  Habían estado comiendo durante dos horas hasta entonces.

used in the past simple tense to describe an action that was completed at a specific time in the past

comer, haber comido

• ate something

Collocations ate breakfast/lunch/dinner · ate a sandwich/snack

• She ate her lunch at noon.

  Ella comió su almuerzo a mediodía.

used in the past perfect simple to describe an action completed before another past event or time

haber comido, haber terminado de comerse

• had eaten something

Collocations had eaten breakfast before leaving home · had already eaten when they arrived

• I had eaten my lunch by the time I got to work.

  Ya había comido mi almuerzo cuando llegué al trabajo.