comer vs almorzar
I had learned that comer means to eat and almorzar means to eat lunch.
Today I learned in Spain and Mexico, comer means eat lunch. so, in that case what is the word to just eat? Is almuerzo still lunch? and almorzar not used?
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Still, comer is to eat :-)
Almorzar is just more specific.
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This is for Mexico
desayunar = your first meal of the day (7-10 a.m.)
almorzar = your second meal (10 a.m. - 12 p.m.)
comer = your third meal (2 p.m. - 5 p.m.)
cenar = your fourth meal (7 p.m. - 9 p.m)
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Where? It sounds like Mexico or Spain. In Chile:
desayunar = first meal (7 a.m - 10 a.m.)
almorzar [comer] = second meal (12 p.m. - 2 p.m.)
tomar once = third meal ( 4 p.m - 8 p.m.)
(cenar [comer] = fourth meal (7 p.m. - 9 p.m.) )
Almuerzo and cena are the main meals, desayuno and once are (or they were) light. Due to cultural changes, those 4 meals have become 3, because "once" is being taken later and adding food, in what is sometimes called "once cena".
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It can be be either tomar once or tomar onces, right?
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What is the third meal called in this set-up, merienda?