consumo

See also: consumó and consumò

Catalan

Verb

consumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of consumir

Galician

Etymology

From consumir.

Noun

consumo m (plural consumos)

1. consumption

Derived terms

• consumismo
• consumista

Verb

consumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of consumir

Further reading

• “consumo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Interlingua

Noun

consumo (uncountable)

1. consumption

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈsu.mo/
• Rhymes: -umo
• Hyphenation: con‧sù‧mo

Etymology 1

From consumare.

Noun

consumo m (plural consumi)

1. consumption, use, expenditure, wear

   Synonyms: dispendio, uso, usura

Derived terms

• consumismo
• consumista

Related terms

• consumatore
• consumerismo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

consumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of consumare

Further reading

• consumo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“with, together”) +‎ sūmō (“take; consume”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈsuː.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈsuː.mo]

Verb

cōnsūmō (present infinitive cōnsūmere, perfect active cōnsūmpsī or cōnsūmsī, supine cōnsūmptum or cōnsūmtum); third conjugation

1. to take wholly or completely
2. to consume, devour, waste, squander, use up; annihilate, destroy, bring to naught

   Synonyms: abutor, hauriō, exhauriō, perdō, conterō, terō, dissipō, effundō, absūmō, accīdō

3. to kill

   Synonyms: necō, caedō, interficiō, trucīdō, tollō, occīdō, peragō, percutiō, interimō, perimō, iugulō, obtruncō, cōnficiō, ēnecō, sōpiō, absūmō, dēiciō

4. (of food) to eat, consume, devour

   Synonyms: edō, adedō, vorō, vēscor, pāscor, prandeō, cēnō, epulor

5. (of people) to waste, weaken, enervate

   Synonyms: atterō, frangō, effēminō, tenuō, minuō, dēterō, afficiō

   Antonyms: firmō, cōnfirmō, mūniō, fortificō, cōnsolidō, sistō

6. (of time) to spend, consume, pass

   Synonyms: dēgō, terō, trānsmittō, tollō, eximō, trādūcō, agō

   • c. 4 BCE – 65 CE, Seneca the Younger, De brevitate vitae 13:

     Persequi singulos longum est quorum aut latrunculi aut pila aut excoquendi in sole corporis cura consumpsere uitam.

     It would be tedious to mention all the different men who have spent the whole of their life over chess or ball or the practice of baking their bodies in the sun.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnsūmō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnsūmō		cōnsūmis		cōnsūmit		cōnsūmimus		cōnsūmitis		cōnsūmunt
	imperfect	cōnsūmēbam		cōnsūmēbās		cōnsūmēbat		cōnsūmēbāmus		cōnsūmēbātis		cōnsūmēbant
	future	cōnsūmam		cōnsūmēs		cōnsūmet		cōnsūmēmus		cōnsūmētis		cōnsūment
	perfect	cōnsūmpsī		cōnsūmpsistī		cōnsūmpsit		cōnsūmpsimus		cōnsūmpsistis		cōnsūmpsērunt, cōnsūmpsēre
	pluperfect	cōnsūmpseram		cōnsūmpserās		cōnsūmpserat		cōnsūmpserāmus		cōnsūmpserātis		cōnsūmpserant
	future perfect	cōnsūmpserō		cōnsūmpseris		cōnsūmpserit		cōnsūmpserimus		cōnsūmpseritis		cōnsūmpserint
passive	present	cōnsūmor		cōnsūmeris, cōnsūmere		cōnsūmitur		cōnsūmimur		cōnsūmiminī		cōnsūmuntur
	imperfect	cōnsūmēbar		cōnsūmēbāris, cōnsūmēbāre		cōnsūmēbātur		cōnsūmēbāmur		cōnsūmēbāminī		cōnsūmēbantur
	future	cōnsūmar		cōnsūmēris, cōnsūmēre		cōnsūmētur		cōnsūmēmur		cōnsūmēminī		cōnsūmentur
	perfect	cōnsūmptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsūmptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnsūmptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnsūmam		cōnsūmās		cōnsūmat		cōnsūmāmus		cōnsūmātis		cōnsūmant
	imperfect	cōnsūmerem		cōnsūmerēs		cōnsūmeret		cōnsūmerēmus		cōnsūmerētis		cōnsūmerent
	perfect	cōnsūmpserim		cōnsūmpserīs		cōnsūmpserit		cōnsūmpserīmus		cōnsūmpserītis		cōnsūmpserint
	pluperfect	cōnsūmpsissem		cōnsūmpsissēs		cōnsūmpsisset		cōnsūmpsissēmus		cōnsūmpsissētis		cōnsūmpsissent
passive	present	cōnsūmar		cōnsūmāris, cōnsūmāre		cōnsūmātur		cōnsūmāmur		cōnsūmāminī		cōnsūmantur
	imperfect	cōnsūmerer		cōnsūmerēris, cōnsūmerēre		cōnsūmerētur		cōnsūmerēmur		cōnsūmerēminī		cōnsūmerentur
	perfect	cōnsūmptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnsūmptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnsūme		—		—		cōnsūmite		—
	future	—		cōnsūmitō		cōnsūmitō		—		cōnsūmitōte		cōnsūmuntō
passive	present	—		cōnsūmere		—		—		cōnsūmiminī		—
	future	—		cōnsūmitor		cōnsūmitor		—		—		cōnsūmuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnsūmere			cōnsūmī			cōnsūmēns			—
future		cōnsūmptūrum esse			cōnsūmptum īrī			cōnsūmptūrus			cōnsūmendus, cōnsūmundus
perfect		cōnsūmpsisse			cōnsūmptum esse			—			cōnsūmptus
future perfect		—			cōnsūmptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnsūmptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnsūmendī		cōnsūmendō		cōnsūmendum		cōnsūmendō		cōnsūmptum		cōnsūmptū

Derived terms

• cōnsūmptibilis
• cōnsūmptiō
• cōnsūmptor
• cōnsūmptrīx
• cōnsūmptus
• praecōnsūmō

Related terms

• absūmō
• assūmō
• dēsūmō
• insūmō
• praesūmō
• resūmō
• subsūmō
• sūmō
• transūmō

Descendants

• → English: consume
• → French: consumer
• → Galician: consumir
• → Italian: consumere, consumare
• → Portuguese: consumir
• → Romanian: consuma
• → Sicilian: cunzumari
• → Spanish: consumir

References

• “consumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “consumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “consumo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to pass one's time in doing something: tempus consumere in aliqua re
    
  • to exert oneself very energetically in a matter: multum operae ac laboris consumere in aliqua re
    
  • to lose one's labour: operam (et oleum) perdere or frustra consumere
    
  • to spend one's leisure hours on an object: otiosum tempus consumere in aliqua re
    
  • to devote all one's leisure moments to study: omne (otiosum) tempus in litteris consumere
    
  • to devote money to a purpose: pecuniam insumere in aliquid or consumere in aliqua re
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈsũ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈsũ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈsu.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈsu.mu/

• Rhymes: -umu
• Hyphenation: con‧su‧mo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from consumir.

Noun

consumo m (plural consumos)

1. consumption
   • 2007, Márcia Tolotti, As Armadilhas do Consumo, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 51:

     O desejo por status pode ser considerado, no seu extremo, uma doença moderna e coletiva. Isso ocorre quando a falta ou a escassez de bens materiais representa um autodesprezo e uma prova de inferioridade. Para combater tal sensação, algumas pessoas se lançam no mercado como verdadeiros kamikazes do consumo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2015, Jo Takahashi, Izakaya: Por dentro dos botecos japoneses, Editora Melhoramentos, →ISBN, page 27:

     No século VIII, o Palácio Imperial em Heiankyo, atual Kyoto, passou a admitir trabalhadores para produzir o saquê. Assim, era mantido o controle de toda a produção da bebida para as oferendas religiosas, para as festividades e para o consumo da corte. Na época, o saquê era de uso restrito da corte imperial.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• consumismo
• consumista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

consumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of consumir
2. first-person singular present indicative of consumar

Further reading

• “consumo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “consumo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈsumo/ [kõnˈsu.mo]

• Audio (Latin America):

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• Rhymes: -umo
• Syllabification: con‧su‧mo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from consumir.

Noun

consumo m (plural consumos)

1. consumption (the act of eating, drinking or using)

Derived terms

• artículo de consumo
• autoconsumo
• bien de consumo
• consumismo
• consumista
• impuesto al consumo
• índice de precios al consumo

Verb

consumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of consumir

Etymology 2

Verb

consumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of consumar

Further reading

• “consumo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025