consumido

Consumido is the past participle of the verbs consumir in Spanish and Portuguese, and functions as an adjective as well as part of compound tenses. It denotes something that has been eaten, drunk, used, or expended, and can also describe someone who is exhausted, worn out, or deeply affected by something.

Etymology and meanings

The term comes from the Latin consumere, formed from con- (together, with) and sumere (to take). Through Romance languages it developed into consumir in Spanish and consumir/consumir in Portuguese, with the participle consumido in both languages. Common senses include: already consumed or used up (food, resources), and figurative states such as exhausted or morally consumed (ex.: consumed by grief, hatred, or ambition).

Usage

In Portuguese, consumido agrees with gender and number: o alimento foi consumido (masc sing, passive voice); a bebida consumida (fem sing, as a descriptive phrase); os alimentos consumidos (masc pl). Figuratively, pode dizer-se alguém está consumido pela culpa. In Spanish, the agreement mirrors gender and number: el alimento consumido, la bebida consumida, los alimentos consumidos; figuratively, una persona consumida por el odio o por la ambición.

Notes

Consumido is widely used in both languages to describe items that have already been ingested, consumed, or used, as well as to convey states of fatigue or moral corrosion. It is a neutral, descriptive term appropriate for formal and informal contexts.