constar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin cōnstāre (“to stand together; to consist of”). Doublet of costar, which was inherited.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [kunsˈta]
IPA(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [konsˈta]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [konsˈtaɾ]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
=== Verb ===
constar (first-person singular present consto, first-person singular preterite constí, past participle constat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/
to consist (of)
to be clear or obvious
to appear, to figure
==== Conjugation ====
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin cōnstāre (“to stand together; to consist of”). Doublet of custar, which was inherited.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
constar (first-person singular present consto, first-person singular preterite constei, past participle constado)
(intransitive) to consist, to be comprised or composed [with de ‘of’]
Synonym: consistir de
(intransitive) to be present [with em ‘in’]
(intransitive, dated) to be certain, clear or evident [with a or indirect object pronoun ‘to someone’]
to appear, to figure
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“constar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“constar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin 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
to be written, to be on record
(intransitive) to consist, to be comprised or composed [with de ‘of’]
Synonym: consistir
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“constar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025