consulta

See also: consultá and consultà

English

Etymology

From Italian consulta and Spanish consulta, attested in English since the eighteenth century. Doublet of consult.

Noun

consulta (plural consultas)

1. An official meeting or consultation.
   • 2009, Kara Zugman Dellacioppa, This Bridge Called Zapatismo, page 116:

     One method that has been carried out by the Zapatistas and by their sympathizers is the practice of consulta, referendum, and plebisite. […] A consulta has to do with voting, but it is voting that takes place alongside debate between different people.

2. The meeting of a government council, especially of an Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese government or agency.
   • 1768, James Boswell, edited by Boulton, James & T. O. McLoughlin, An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to That Island, annotated edition of original by Boswell, published 2006, page 97:

     The magistrates of each province also send a procuratour to the general consulta; and when all the procuratours are assembled at Corte, […] may proceed to the election of the president and oratour of the general consulta.

3. The minutes or report of such a government council.
   • 1824, Richard Raynal Keene, Letter of vindication to Colonel Munroe, President of the United States, page 55:

     the council of Indies sent […] their consulta relative to my colony. In this consulta, bearing the date of 26th November, 1819, his majesty was advised of the unanimous decision of the council, in favor of a grant to me in Mexico

Anagrams

• Lacounts, osculant

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kunˈsul.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [konˈsul.ta]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from consultar.

Noun

consulta f (plural consultes)

1. query, question
2. consultation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

consulta

1. inflection of consultar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “consulta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “consulta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “consulta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “consulta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.syl.ta/

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

consulta

1. third-person singular past historic of consulter

Anagrams

• consulat

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈsul.ta/
• Rhymes: -ulta
• Hyphenation: con‧sùl‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from consultare +‎ -a.

Noun

consulta f (plural consulte)

1. conference, consultation
2. council

Related terms

• consultivo
• consultore

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

consulta

1. inflection of consultare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• consulta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• consulta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• consulta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• consulta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• consulta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• consulta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• consulta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈsul.taː/, [kõːˈs̠ʊɫ̪t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈsul.ta/, [konˈsul̪t̪ä]

Verb

cōnsultā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cōnsultō

References

• consulta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈsuw.tɐ/ [kõˈsuʊ̯.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈsuw.tɐ/ [kõˈsuʊ̯.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈsuw.ta/ [kõˈsuʊ̯.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈsul.tɐ/ [kõˈsuɫ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: con‧sul‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from consultar.

Noun

consulta f (plural consultas)

1. consultation
2. opinion

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

consulta

1. inflection of consultar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “consulta” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “consulta” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “consulta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “consulta” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “consulta” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “consulta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French consulter, from Latin consultare.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

a consulta (third-person singular present consultă, past participle consultat) 1st conj.

1. to consult

Conjugation

    conjugation of consulta (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a consulta
gerund			consultând
past participle			consultat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	consult	consulți	consultă	consultăm	consultați	consultă
	imperfect	consultam	consultai	consulta	consultam	consultați	consultau
	simple perfect	consultai	consultași	consultă	consultarăm	consultarăți	consultară
	pluperfect	consultasem	consultaseși	consultase	consultaserăm	consultaserăți	consultaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să consult	să consulți	să consulte	să consultăm	să consultați	să consulte
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		consultă			consultați
	negative		nu consulta			nu consultați

Related terms

• consultație

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈsulta/ [kõnˈsul̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ulta
• Syllabification: con‧sul‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from consultar.

Noun

consulta f (plural consultas)

1. consultation

   Synonym: consultación

2. query, question

   Synonym: pregunta

3. surgery (doctor's consulting room)

   Synonym: consultorio

Derived terms

• consulta popular

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

consulta

1. inflection of consultar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “consulta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014