consonar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cōnsonāre, present active infinitive of cōnsonō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konsoˈnaɾ/ [kõn.soˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧so‧nar

Verb

consonar (first-person singular present consueno, first-person singular preterite consoné, past participle consonado)

1. to harmonize, to be in harmony
2. to rhyme with

Conjugation

    Conjugation of consonar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			consonar
gerund			consonando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		consonado		consonada
		plural		consonados		consonadas
		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	consueno	consuenastú consonásvos	consuena	consonamos	consonáis	consuenan
	imperfect	consonaba	consonabas	consonaba	consonábamos	consonabais	consonaban
	preterite	consoné	consonaste	consonó	consonamos	consonasteis	consonaron
	future	consonaré	consonarás	consonará	consonaremos	consonaréis	consonarán
	conditional	consonaría	consonarías	consonaría	consonaríamos	consonaríais	consonarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	consuene	consuenestú consonésvos2	consuene	consonemos	consonéis	consuenen
	imperfect (ra)	consonara	consonaras	consonara	consonáramos	consonarais	consonaran
	imperfect (se)	consonase	consonases	consonase	consonásemos	consonaseis	consonasen
	future1	consonare	consonares	consonare	consonáremos	consonareis	consonaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		consuenatú consonávos	consuene	consonemos	consonad	consuenen
	negative		no consuenes	no consuene	no consonemos	no consonéis	no consuenen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “consonar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28