Spanish Conversation · Level 21
90 words
Spanish word
consumar
Pronunciation
IPA/konsuˈmaɾ/
Meaning
- verbcomplete
Example
No podemos consumar la venta sin tu firma.
We cannot complete the sale without your signature.
More examples
Tras la ceremonia, no pudieron consumar el matrimonio por motivos personales.
After the ceremony, they could not consummate the marriage for personal reasons.
Core concept
The final signature or seal that makes a process officially complete.
Common phrases
consumar el matrimonio
consummate the marriage
Similar words
completar: Add what is missing so an incomplete thing becomes whole and usable.
terminar: Reach the end of an activity or time span and stop further action.
concluir: Bring a procedure or debate to a close and state the concluded result.
finalizar: Bring a formal process to its close through the necessary administrative steps.
Definition in Spanish
Completar o dar por terminado un acto, un proceso o un trámite de modo que quede totalmente efectuado.
Word origin
From Latin consummāre 'to make complete', brought into Spanish to mean bringing an act or administrative process to its full and final effect.
Usage tips
- Mainly used in formal or legal language; in casual speech use terminar or completar.
Other meanings
- concludeverb
- carry throughverb
Opposites
- cancelarcancelverb
Related words
- consumaciónconsummationnoun