consume

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kənˈsjuːm/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kənˈsum/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kən so̅o̅m)

Inflections of 'consume' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
consumes
v 3rd person singular
consuming
v pres p
consumed
v past
consumed
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
consume [sth] vtr (eat)consumir vtr
  ingerir vtr
 Our livestock consumes quite a lot of feed every day.
 Nuestro ganado consume mucho pienso cada día.
consume [sth] vtr (use up)consumir vtr
 This app consumes a lot of my phone's battery power.
 Esta aplicación consume mucha batería de mi teléfono.
consume [sth] vtr (destroy)consumir vtr
 Unfortunately, the fire completely consumed the museum.
 Desafortunadamente, el fuego consumió por completo el museo.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
consume [sb] vtr (obsess, take over) (figurado)consumir a vtr + prep
  obsesionar a vtr + prep
 The fear of being in a plane crash consumed her.
 El miedo a sufrir un accidente aéreo la consumía.
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'consume' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Collocations: consume [alcohol, drugs, banned substances], consuming [goods, food, sugar, products], consumed [several, many, a lot of] [beers, drinks], more...

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