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Não como comida frita.

Não como comida frita.
I do not eat fried food.
From Lesson 161:No restaurante (a ementa, o empregado de mesa)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Breakdown of Não como comida frita.

não
not / no
comer
to eat
a comida
the food
frito
fried

Questions & Answers about Não como comida frita.

Why isn't there a word for 'I' before como?
In Portuguese, the verb ending usually tells you who is doing the action. Because como specifically means 'I eat', adding eu (I) is optional and usually left out unless you want to add emphasis.
I have seen como used to mean 'like' or 'as'. How do I know it means 'eat' here?
It comes down to context. Como is the 'I' form of the verb comer (to eat), but it is also a very common word meaning 'like', 'as', or 'how'. Because it follows não (not) and acts as the main action of the sentence, it clearly means 'eat' here.
Why does the word for 'fried' (frita) come after the word for 'food' (comida)?
In English, describing words (adjectives) go before the noun. In Portuguese, they usually go after the noun. So, you literally say 'food fried' (comida frita).
Why is it frita instead of frito?
Adjectives in Portuguese must match the gender of the noun they describe. The word for food, comida, is feminine, so the adjective must also take its feminine form, ending in an 'a'.

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