consistere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cōnsistō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈsis.te.re/
  • Rhymes: -istere
  • Hyphenation: con‧sì‧ste‧re

Verb

consìstere (first-person singular present consìsto, first-person singular past historic consistétti or (traditional) consistètti or consistéi, past participle consistìto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive) [auxiliary essere]

  1. to consist [with di ‘of’]
  2. (archaic) to hold together, to last, to endure
  3. (archaic) to be situated, to be located
  4. (archaic) to persist [with in ‘in’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of consìstere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive consìstere
auxiliary verb èssere gerund consistèndo
present participle consistènte past participle consistìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present consìsto consìsti consìste consistiàmo consistéte consìstono
imperfect consistévo consistévi consistéva consistevàmo consistevàte consistévano
past historic consistétti, consistètti1, consistéi consistésti consistétte, consistètte1, consisté consistémmo consistéste consistéttero, consistèttero1, consistérono
future consisterò consisterài consisterà consisterémo consisteréte consisterànno
conditional consisterèi consisterésti consisterèbbe, consisterébbe consisterémmo consisteréste consisterèbbero, consisterébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present consìsta consìsta consìsta consistiàmo consistiàte consìstano
imperfect consistéssi consistéssi consistésse consistéssimo consistéste consistéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
consìsti consìsta consistiàmo consistéte consìstano
negative imperative non consìstere non consìsta non consistiàmo non consistéte non consìstano

1Traditional.

Further reading

  • consistere in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • consistere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

cōnsistere

  1. present active infinitive of cōnsistō
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