¿Cómo se puede decir "to have a meal" en español (eg 'I have 3 meals every day')?
"Comer/tener/hacer una comida"?
No puedo encontrarlo en Word Reference y no estoy seguro si la traducción de Google ("tener una comida") es correcta.
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2Note that comida is also the name for the meal at night and that comer is sometimes just referred to either lunchtime meal or meal at night. See ¿En qué países se dice “comer” en el mediodía y en cuáles en la noche?– fedorqui 'SO stop harming'Oct 9 '19 at 10:53
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For
I have three meals every day
You can say
Hago tres comidas diarias
See this article from Spain in which the dietary benefit of making three meals a day is objected
Las sociedad avanzadas se han acostumbrado a hacer tres comidas al día.
Note that this form is often used with nutritional or dietary purposes, a more straightforward way —as pointed already— would be to simply say:
Como tres veces al dia / Como tres comidas diariamente
For what you also ask tener una comida is not correct in that intend, but it is used to mean that you are either invited or hosting a meal with friends or other people.
Esta noche tengo una comida con amigos
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Una pequeña puntualización, si es por la noche, es raro decir una comida. Es más natural decir "una cena". En ese contexto se usa "comida" si es al mediodía.– RubioRicOct 9 '19 at 5:51
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Hacer comidameans to make food, to cook, and not really to have a meal, to have some food. For exampletengo que hacer la comida para mañanawould mean "I have to cook for tomorrow" or "I have to make food for tomorrow". Oct 9 '19 at 7:17 -
2@VladimirNul I don't agree with you. "Hago tres comidas al día" does not imply that you elaborate the food. It depends on the context. For example in "Hago dieta", you are not making no-food. In relation with "dieta", you can perfectly say "Estoy siguiendo una dieta especial, ahora hago cinco comidas al día" meaning that you have five meals per day. You may or may not cook them.– RubioRicOct 9 '19 at 9:31
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@RubioRic seguramente hay variaciones regionales, soy de Argentina, donde llamar cena a una comida con amigos tiene una implicancia demasiado formal– ippOct 9 '19 at 13:49
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2Para hacer claro cuando me refiero al acto de cocinar, prefiero decir Hago de comer tres veces al día o Cocino tres veces al día porque de ésta forma queda claro que no es comer tres veces sino cocinar tres veces.– psosunaOct 9 '19 at 18:10
The answer by @user2325442 is certainly a precise translation of "I have three meals a day" -- but I would like to add that 99.9% of the time, the way this sentence would be expressed in Spanish is
Como tres veces al día.
Backtranslating, we get I eat three times per day.
This is the functional translation of "I have three meals a day."
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answered Oct 9 '19 at 2:42
Como se puede decir "to have a meal" en español (eg I have 3 meals every day)? "comer/tener/hacer una comida" ? I cannot find it in Word Reference and I am not sure if the Google Translation ("tener una comida") is correct.
"Tener una comida" would very likely mean (at least in european variant) an appointment to have lunch with other people, possibly business related. Don't use it like that.
As this points out, "como tres veces al día" is perfectly acceptable.
As this points out, "hago tres comidas diarias" is even better (at least for european variant).
Another alternative, acceptable in european variant, would be "me/te/se/nos/os hago/haces/hace/hacemos/hacéis/hacen de comer tres veces al día". You would hear this very likely in Andalusia, southernmost Spain, as a fully interchangeable variant of "hago tres comidas diarias", when the food is being cooked at home by someone.
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2Please, colleagues and friends, let's provide feedback when downvoting, especially when it's a new participant. Oct 10 '19 at 4:45
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I appreciate your concern, but native newcomers don't... really need this kind of support! ;) At least not me.– 23419Oct 10 '19 at 5:51
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2Well, it's considered courteous to explain downvotes in general. Not just newcomers. Oct 10 '19 at 6:03
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I also find very exhausting trying to fight with the software's rules rather than simply accepting or rejecting them. :/– 23419Oct 10 '19 at 6:07