konsumo
konsúmo with stress marks
consumption
Usage Note
Konsumo is a Spanish loanword used in economic, environmental, and health contexts to mean consumption of goods, resources, or energy. It was also historically used as an informal term for tuberculosis, though that usage is now archaic.
Examples
" Mataas ang konsumo ng tubig. "
Natural Translation
Water consumption is high.
Literal Translation
High the consumption of water.
" Ang konsumo ng kuryente ay tumaas ngayong tag-araw. "
Natural Translation
Electricity consumption rose this summer.
Literal Translation
The consumption of-the electricity is-rose this summer.
" Para mabawasan ang konsumo ng kuryente, pinatay namin ang mga ilaw na hindi naman ginagamit. "
Natural Translation
To reduce electricity consumption, we turned off the lights that weren't even being used.
Literal Translation
So-that be-reduced the consumption of electricity, turned-off-by-us the lights that not really being-used.
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