consumir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cōnsūmere.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kon.suˈmi/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kun.suˈmi/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kon.suˈmiɾ/
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

consumir (first-person singular present consumeixo, past participle consumit)

1. to consume

Conjugation

Conjugation of consumir (third conjugation with -eix- infix)

infinitive			consumir
present participle			consumint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		consumit		consumida
		plural		consumits		consumides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	consumeixo	consumeixes	consumeix	consumim	consumiu	consumeixen
	imperfect	consumia	consumies	consumia	consumíem	consumíeu	consumien
	future	consumiré	consumiràs	consumirà	consumirem	consumireu	consumiran
	preterite	consumí	consumires	consumí	consumírem	consumíreu	consumiren
	conditional	consumiria	consumiries	consumiria	consumiríem	consumiríeu	consumirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	consumeixi	consumeixis	consumeixi	consumim	consumiu	consumeixin
	imperfect	consumís	consumissis	consumís	consumíssim	consumíssiu	consumissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	consumeix	consumeixi	consumim	consumiu	consumeixin

Conjugation of consumir (third conjugation without -eix- infix)

infinitive			consumir
present participle			consumint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		consumit		consumida
		plural		consumits		consumides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	consumo	consums	consum	consumim	consumiu	consumen
	imperfect	consumia	consumies	consumia	consumíem	consumíeu	consumien
	future	consumiré	consumiràs	consumirà	consumirem	consumireu	consumiran
	preterite	consumí	consumires	consumí	consumírem	consumíreu	consumiren
	conditional	consumiria	consumiries	consumiria	consumiríem	consumiríeu	consumirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	consumi	consumis	consumi	consumim	consumiu	consumin
	imperfect	consumís	consumissis	consumís	consumíssim	consumíssiu	consumissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	consum	consumi	consumim	consumiu	consumin

Derived terms

• consum
• consumidor

Further reading

• “consumir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “consumir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “consumir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “consumir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese consumir, consomir, from Latin consumere, present active infinitive of cōnsūmō.

Verb

consumir (first-person singular present consumo, first-person singular preterite consumín, past participle consumido)

1. to consume
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of consumir
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of consumir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of consumir (u-o stem change)

infinitive			consumir
gerund			consumindo
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		consumido		consumidos
		feminine		consumida		consumidas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	consumo	consomes	consome	consumimos	consumides	consomen
	imperfect	consumía	consumías	consumía	consumiamos	consumiades	consumían
	preterite	consumín	consumiches	consumiu	consumimos	consumistes	consumiron
	pluperfect	consumira	consumiras	consumira	consumiramos	consumirades	consumiran
	future	consumirei	consumirás	consumirá	consumiremos	consumiredes	consumirán
	conditional	consumiría	consumirías	consumiría	consumiriamos	consumiriades	consumirían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	consuma	consumas	consuma	consumamos	consumades	consuman
	preterite	consumise	consumises	consumise	consumísemos	consumísedes	consumisen
	future	consumir	consumires	consumir	consumirmos	consumirdes	consumiren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	consume	consuma	consumamos	consumide	consuman
	negative	—	consumas	consuma	consumamos	consumades	consuman
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		consumir	consumires	consumir	consumirmos	consumirdes	consumiren

Derived terms

• consumidor
• consumo

Related terms

• sumir

Further reading

• “consumir” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese consumir, consomir, from Latin cōnsūmere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.suˈmi(ʁ)/ [kõ.suˈmi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.suˈmi(ʁ)/ [kõ.suˈmi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.suˈmi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.suˈmi(ʁ)/ [kõ.suˈmi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.suˈmi(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.suˈmiɾ/

• Hyphenation: con‧su‧mir

Verb

consumir (first-person singular present consumo, third-person singular present consome, first-person singular preterite consumi, past participle consumido)

1. to consume

Conjugation

    Conjugation of consumir (u-o alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	consumir
Personal	consumir	consumires	consumir	consumirmos	consumirdes	consumirem
Gerund
	consumindo
Past participle
Masculine	consumido			consumidos
Feminine	consumida			consumidas
Indicative
Present	consumo	consomes	consome	consumimos	consumis	consomem
Imperfect	consumia	consumias	consumia	consumíamos	consumíeis	consumiam
Preterite	consumi	consumiste	consumiu	consumimos	consumistes	consumiram
Pluperfect	consumira	consumiras	consumira	consumíramos	consumíreis	consumiram
Future	consumirei	consumirás	consumirá	consumiremos	consumireis	consumirão
Conditional
	consumiria	consumirias	consumiria	consumiríamos	consumiríeis	consumiriam
Subjunctive
Present	consuma	consumas	consuma	consumamos	consumais	consumam
Imperfect	consumisse	consumisses	consumisse	consumíssemos	consumísseis	consumissem
Future	consumir	consumires	consumir	consumirmos	consumirdes	consumirem
Imperative
Affirmative		consome	consuma	consumamos	consumi	consumam
Negative (não)		não consumas	não consuma	não consumamos	não consumais	não consumam

Derived terms

• consumidor
• consumo

Further reading

• “consumir” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “consumir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsūmere, although the base verb was inherited as sumir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konsuˈmiɾ/ [kõn.suˈmiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: con‧su‧mir

Verb

consumir (first-person singular present consumo, first-person singular preterite consumí, past participle consumido)

1. to consume

Conjugation

    Conjugation of consumir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			consumir
gerund			consumiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		consumido		consumida
		plural		consumidos		consumidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	consumo	consumestú consumísvos	consume	consumimos	consumís	consumen
	imperfect	consumía	consumías	consumía	consumíamos	consumíais	consumían
	preterite	consumí	consumiste	consumió	consumimos	consumisteis	consumieron
	future	consumiré	consumirás	consumirá	consumiremos	consumiréis	consumirán
	conditional	consumiría	consumirías	consumiría	consumiríamos	consumiríais	consumirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	consuma	consumastú consumásvos2	consuma	consumamos	consumáis	consuman
	imperfect (ra)	consumiera	consumieras	consumiera	consumiéramos	consumierais	consumieran
	imperfect (se)	consumiese	consumieses	consumiese	consumiésemos	consumieseis	consumiesen
	future1	consumiere	consumieres	consumiere	consumiéremos	consumiereis	consumieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		consumetú consumívos	consuma	consumamos	consumid	consuman
	negative		no consumas	no consuma	no consumamos	no consumáis	no consuman

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of consumir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive consumir
	dative	consumirme	consumirte	consumirle, consumirse	consumirnos	consumiros	consumirles, consumirse
	accusative	consumirme	consumirte	consumirlo, consumirla, consumirse	consumirnos	consumiros	consumirlos, consumirlas, consumirse
with gerund consumiendo
	dative	consumiéndome	consumiéndote	consumiéndole, consumiéndose	consumiéndonos	consumiéndoos	consumiéndoles, consumiéndose
	accusative	consumiéndome	consumiéndote	consumiéndolo, consumiéndola, consumiéndose	consumiéndonos	consumiéndoos	consumiéndolos, consumiéndolas, consumiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative consume
	dative	consúmeme	consúmete	consúmele	consúmenos	not used	consúmeles
	accusative	consúmeme	consúmete	consúmelo, consúmela	consúmenos	not used	consúmelos, consúmelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative consumí
	dative	consumime	consumite	consumile	consuminos	not used	consumiles
	accusative	consumime	consumite	consumilo, consumila	consuminos	not used	consumilos, consumilas
with formal second-person singular imperative consuma
	dative	consúmame	not used	consúmale, consúmase	consúmanos	not used	consúmales
	accusative	consúmame	not used	consúmalo, consúmala, consúmase	consúmanos	not used	consúmalos, consúmalas
with first-person plural imperative consumamos
	dative	not used	consumámoste	consumámosle	consumámonos	consumámoos	consumámosles
	accusative	not used	consumámoste	consumámoslo, consumámosla	consumámonos	consumámoos	consumámoslos, consumámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative consumid
	dative	consumidme	not used	consumidle	consumidnos	consumíos	consumidles
	accusative	consumidme	not used	consumidlo, consumidla	consumidnos	consumíos	consumidlos, consumidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative consuman
	dative	consúmanme	not used	consúmanle	consúmannos	not used	consúmanles, consúmanse
	accusative	consúmanme	not used	consúmanlo, consúmanla	consúmannos	not used	consúmanlos, consúmanlas, consúmanse

Derived terms

• consumible
• consumición
• consumidor
• consumimiento
• consumo

 

Related terms

• consunción

 

References

• Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983), “sumir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 337

Further reading

• “consumir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014