🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Bien de consumo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bjen de konsumo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Consumer Good/kənˈsjuː.mər ɡʊd/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Los teléfonos inteligentes son bienes de consumo."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A product that is purchased by consumers for personal use.

    "Smartphones are considered consumer goods as they are bought for personal use."
  2. 2

    Items that are intended for final consumption rather than for resale or further processing.

    "Groceries are essential consumer goods that people buy regularly."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'consumer good' originates from the combination of 'consumer', derived from the Latin 'consumere', meaning 'to use up', and 'good', which comes from Old English 'gōd', meaning 'beneficial'. The phrase has evolved in the context of economics to refer to products that are purchased for direct consumption.

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