Consumiste

Consumiste is the second-person singular preterite indicative form of the Spanish verb consumir, meaning you consumed. It is used to describe a completed act of consuming something in the past, typically with a direct object.

In terms of grammar, consumiste follows the regular -ir verb pattern for the preterite in the tú form. The full preterite conjugation of consumir is: yo consumí, tú consumiste, él/ella/usted consumió, nosotros/nosotras consumimos, vosotros/vosotras consumisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes consumieron. Note that several forms include accent marks to indicate the correct syllable stress, such as consumí and consumió. The preterite contrasts with the imperfect form consumías, which describes habitual or ongoing past actions.

Usage notes include that consumiste commonly appears in narrative and dialogue to convey a past action with a definite endpoint. It can take a direct object to specify what was consumed, for example: consumiste las manzanas, consumiste toda la pizza, or consumiste el último trozo.

Etymology and related forms: consumiste derives from consumir, which in turn comes from Latin consumere (to use up, finish). Related forms cover other tenses and moods, including consumí (yo), consume (present third person singular in some dialects), and the noun consumo (consumption).

See also: consumir, pretérito perfecto, pretérito imperfecto, conjugation patterns for -ir verbs.