consumir
Spanish, verb/konsuˈmiɾ/
consumir is spelled C-O-N-S-U-M-I-R (8 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,670th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consumir is a Spanish verb meaning “to consume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer uso, disfrutar de un bien o de un servicio”.
What does consumir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to consume
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer uso, disfrutar de un bien o de un servicio. 2. Utilizar bienes materiales como alimentos, combustibles y otros, que son destruidos o agotados con su uso. 3. Usar algo, explotarlo, hasta su término o agotamiento. 4. Deteriorar a una persona una preocupación, enfermedad u otro mal.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of consumir
- consumo first-person present singular
- consumí first-person preterite singular
- consumido participle past
- consumiendo gerund
- consumida feminine participle past
- consumidos masculine participle past
- consumidas feminine participle past
- consumes indicative informal present
- consumís indicative informal present
- consume indicative present singular
- consumimos first-person indicative plural
- consumen indicative plural present
- consumía first-person imperfect indicative
- consumías imperfect indicative second-person
- consumíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- consumíais imperfect indicative plural
- consumían imperfect indicative plural
- consumiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consumir?
- /konsuˈmiɾ/
- [kõn.suˈmiɾ]
- [kõnsuˈmiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to consumir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consumir in Spanish?
consumir appears 9.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).