0 an occasion when you sit down to eat food, or the food that you eat at that time -- comida
a three-course meal
We had a nice meal together.
1 food eaten at a particular time -- comida [ feminine, singular ]
It is essential to promote family meals, with parents and children eating together.
If we spend this money wisely, we will give them one meal every day.
The first 1, 000 entrants were given a free meal.
Today’s consumer is under pressure to prepare meals quickly.
New forms of care, child care and mobile services, such as meals on wheels, are required.
In both cases, we are talking about liquids which are consumed at social gatherings or with a meal.