constar

Borrowed from Latin cōnstāre (“to stand together; to consist of”). Doublet of costar, which was inherited.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kunsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [konsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [konsˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

constar (first-person singular present consto, first-person singular preterite constí, past participle constat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to consist (of)
2. to be clear or obvious
3. to appear, to figure

Borrowed from Latin cōnstāre (“to stand together; to consist of”). Doublet of custar, which was inherited.

constar (first-person singular present consto, first-person singular preterite constei, past participle constado)

1. (intransitive) to consist, to be comprised or composed [with de ‘of’]

   Synonym: consistir de

   Nossa equipe consta de vinte membros.

   Our team consists of twenty members.

2. (intransitive) to be present [with em ‘in’]

   “Onde está a caneta?” “Não consta.”

   “Where is the pen.” “It is not here.”

3. (intransitive, dated) to be certain, clear or evident [with a or indirect object pronoun ‘to someone’]

   Isso realmente não me consta.

   This really doesn’t seem obvious to me.

4. to appear, to figure

Borrowed from Latin cōnstāre (“to stand together; to consist of”). Doublet of costar, which was inherited.

• IPA^(key): /konsˈtaɾ/ [kõnsˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cons‧tar

constar (first-person singular present consto, first-person singular preterite consté, past participle constado)

1. to be or seem evident, clear, obvious

   A mí me consta que hoy día hace mucho frío.

   It seems to me that it's very cold today.

   Consta que es así.

   It is clear that it's so.

2. to be written, to be on record

   Eso consta en las actas.

   This is recorded in the minutes.

3. (intransitive) to consist, to be comprised or composed [with de ‘of’]

   Synonym: consistir

   Esta novela consta de tres partes.

   This novel consists of three parts.

• “constar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024