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Qual é a diferença entre "o alimentos" e "a comida"?

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Muito obrigada.

http://www.priberam.pt/DLPO/comida

http://www.priberam.pt/DLPO/alimento

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Hi Shakira!

"Comida" and "alimento" have some subtle differences, like you could eat (comer) lots of junky food (comida) without being properly fed up (alimentada), lol!

We usually say "comida" to whatever you can really eat, it's the same as food, or a meal (refeição). The verb "to eat" is "comer". It's different from the verb "to feed" that it's the same as "alimentar" in Portuguese.

"Alimento" can be used as a metaphor, it's not used only with things you can really eat, but to express things that can feed you with emotions, for example.

Examples:

- Você trouxe comida para o almoço? = Did you bring any food for lunch?

- Não gosto do sabor dessa comida. = I don't like the way this meal tastes.

- Gosto de ter uma alimentação saudável. (Or "Gosto de comer alimentos saudáveis.") = I like to eat healthy meals.

- A falta de alimentos pode aumentar a fome em alguns países. = The lack of food supply can increase starvation/hunger in some countries.

- O amor é o alimento da alma. = Love can feed our souls. (I don't know if a native English speaker would say "Love is the feed of our souls", and like idioms maybe this metaphor doesn't make any sense for you, lol).

Basically, "comida" and "refeição" are concrete subjects, real "food" that one can eat, and "alimento" is more like a subjective noun, although it can be used the same way as the other two are (but rarely is).

Qual é a diferença entre "o alimentos " e "a comida"?

"Alimento" is basically everything that can provide the essential nutrients for your body. It could be both liquid and solid subtances. "Comida", on the other hand, has got the same origin as the verb "comer"(to eat), so that it refer to things you can eat.

Qual é a diferença entre "o alimento " e "a comida"?