English-Spanish translations for consumption

• consumo
  Hemos reducido el consumo de energía en un 0,8 %. We have reduced energy consumption by 0.8%.
  El consumo de carne ha aumentado en todo el mundo. Meat consumption is soaring across the world.
  El consumo de carne de vacuno se ha reducido a la mitad. Beef consumption has decreased by 50 per cent.

Definition of consumption

• The act of eating, drinking or using
• The amount consumed
• The act of consuming or destroying
• The wasting away of the human body through disease

Examples

• The consumption of snails as food is more common in France than in England.
• gross national consumption
• The fires consumption of the forest caused ecological changes.

Related words

• over-consumption
• hyperconsumption
• overconsumption
• underconsumption
• autoconsumption
• consumption tax
• consumption good
• consumption of beer
• consumption of drugs