constar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnstō, cōnstāre (“to stand together; to consist of”). Doublet of costar, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /konsˈta/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kunsˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /konsˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
constar (first-person singular present consto, past participle constat)
- to consist (of)
- to be clear or obvious
- to appear, to figure
Conjugation
Conjugation of constar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | constar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | constant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | constat | constada | |||||
| plural | constats | constades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | consto | constes | consta | constem | consteu | consten | |
| imperfect | constava | constaves | constava | constàvem | constàveu | constaven | |
| future | constaré | constaràs | constarà | constarem | constareu | constaran | |
| preterite | constí | constares | constà | constàrem | constàreu | constaren | |
| conditional | constaria | constaries | constaria | constaríem | constaríeu | constarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | consti | constis | consti | constem | consteu | constin | |
| imperfect | constés | constessis | constés | constéssim | constéssiu | constessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | consta | consti | constem | consteu | constin | ||
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnstāre (“to stand together; to consist of”). Doublet of custar, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõsˈta(ʁ)/ [kõsˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõsˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõʃˈta(ʁ)/ [kõʃˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõsˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõʃˈtaɾ/
Verb
constar (first-person singular present consto, first-person singular preterite constei, past participle constado)
- (transitive with de) to consist of (to be composed of [the given entities])
- Synonym: consistir de
- Nossa equipe consta de vinte membros.
- Our team consists of twenty members.
- (intransitive, or transitive with em) to be present (in)
- “Onde está a caneta?” “Não consta.”
- “Where is the pen.” “It is not here.”
- (dated, intransitive, or transitive with a or an indirect objective pronoun) to be certain, clear or evident
- Isso realmente não me consta.
- This really doesn’t seem obvious to me.
- to appear, to figure
Conjugation
Conjugation of constar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | constar | |||||
| Personal | constar | constares | constar | constarmos | constardes | constarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| constando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | constado | constados | ||||
| Feminine | constada | constadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | consto | constas | consta | constamos | constais | constam |
| Imperfect | constava | constavas | constava | constávamos | constáveis | constavam |
| Preterite | constei | constaste | constou | constamos1, constámos2 | constastes | constaram |
| Pluperfect | constara | constaras | constara | constáramos | constáreis | constaram |
| Future | constarei | constarás | constará | constaremos | constareis | constarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| constaria | constarias | constaria | constaríamos | constaríeis | constariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | conste | constes | conste | constemos | consteis | constem |
| Imperfect | constasse | constasses | constasse | constássemos | constásseis | constassem |
| Future | constar | constares | constar | constarmos | constardes | constarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | consta | conste | constemos | constai | constem | |
| Negative (não) | não constes | não conste | não constemos | não consteis | não constem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnstō, cōnstāre (“to stand together; to consist of”). Doublet of costar, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konsˈtaɾ/ [kõnsˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cons‧tar
Verb
constar (first-person singular present consto, first-person singular preterite consté, past participle constado)
- 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.
- to be written, to be on record
- Eso consta en las actas.
- This is recorded in the minutes.
- (transitive with de) to consist
- Synonym: consistir
- Esta novela consta de tres partes.
- This novel consists of three parts.
Conjugation
Conjugation of constar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | constar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | constando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | constado | constada | |||||
| plural | constados | constadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | consto | constastú constásvos | consta | constamos | constáis | constan | |
| imperfect | constaba | constabas | constaba | constábamos | constabais | constaban | |
| preterite | consté | constaste | constó | constamos | constasteis | constaron | |
| future | constaré | constarás | constará | constaremos | constaréis | constarán | |
| conditional | constaría | constarías | constaría | constaríamos | constaríais | constarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | conste | constestú constésvos2 | conste | constemos | constéis | consten | |
| imperfect (ra) | constara | constaras | constara | constáramos | constarais | constaran | |
| imperfect (se) | constase | constases | constase | constásemos | constaseis | constasen | |
| future1 | constare | constares | constare | constáremos | constareis | constaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | constatú constávos | conste | constemos | constad | consten | ||
| negative | no constes | no conste | no constemos | no constéis | no consten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of constar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive constar | |||||||
| dative | constarme | constarte | constarle, constarse | constarnos | constaros | constarles, constarse | |
| accusative | constarme | constarte | constarlo, constarla, constarse | constarnos | constaros | constarlos, constarlas, constarse | |
| with gerund constando | |||||||
| dative | constándome | constándote | constándole, constándose | constándonos | constándoos | constándoles, constándose | |
| accusative | constándome | constándote | constándolo, constándola, constándose | constándonos | constándoos | constándolos, constándolas, constándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative consta | |||||||
| dative | cónstame | cónstate | cónstale | cónstanos | not used | cónstales | |
| accusative | cónstame | cónstate | cónstalo, cónstala | cónstanos | not used | cónstalos, cónstalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative constá | |||||||
| dative | constame | constate | constale | constanos | not used | constales | |
| accusative | constame | constate | constalo, constala | constanos | not used | constalos, constalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative conste | |||||||
| dative | cónsteme | not used | cónstele, cónstese | cónstenos | not used | cónsteles | |
| accusative | cónsteme | not used | cónstelo, cónstela, cónstese | cónstenos | not used | cónstelos, cónstelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative constemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | constémoste | constémosle | constémonos | constémoos | constémosles | |
| accusative | not used | constémoste | constémoslo, constémosla | constémonos | constémoos | constémoslos, constémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative constad | |||||||
| dative | constadme | not used | constadle | constadnos | constaos | constadles | |
| accusative | constadme | not used | constadlo, constadla | constadnos | constaos | constadlos, constadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative consten | |||||||
| dative | cónstenme | not used | cónstenle | cónstennos | not used | cónstenles, cónstense | |
| accusative | cónstenme | not used | cónstenlo, cónstenla | cónstennos | not used | cónstenlos, cónstenlas, cónstense | |
Derived terms
- que conste
Related terms
- constante
- constancia
- consistir en
Further reading
- “constar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014