devorar

To devour — eat something ravenously (devorar un plato) or, figuratively, consume something eagerly, like a book or a piece of news (devorar una novela en un fin de semana). More intense and vivid than the neutral comer.

• El niño devoró el plato de espaguetis en cinco minutos. — The boy devoured the plate of spaghetti in five minutes.
• Devoró la novela entera en un solo fin de semana. — She devoured the whole novel in a single weekend.
• Los leones devoraron a su presa cerca del río. — The lions devoured their prey near the river.

Using devorar for ordinary, unhurried eating — it specifically implies speed or intensity; for a normal meal, comer is the neutral, correct choice.

Often confused with comer.

• song Ven, devórame otra vez — A 1988 salsa romántica single by Puerto Rican singer Lalo Rodríguez, with lyrics by Dominican songwriter Palmer Hernández — one of the genre's most commercially successful and best-known songs of that era.