consistir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin consistere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Verb

consistir (first-person singular present consisteixo, first-person singular preterite consistí, past participle consistit)

1. to consist (of)

Conjugation

Galician

Etymology

From Latin cōnsistō.

Verb

consistir (first-person singular present consisto, first-person singular preterite consistín, past participle consistido)
consistir (first-person singular present consisto, first-person singular preterite consistim or consisti, past participle consistido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to consist of

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsistere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /kõ.siʃˈti(χ)/
• Hyphenation: con‧sis‧tir

Verb

consistir (first-person singular present consisto, first-person singular preterite consisti, past participle consistido)

1. to consist of

   A palavra-passe deve consistir em 10 caracteres.

   The password must consist of 10 characters.

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cōnsistō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konsisˈtiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: con‧sis‧tir

Verb

consistir (first-person singular present consisto, first-person singular preterite consistí, past participle consistido)

1. (intransitive, with en) to consist of

   Una oración consiste en un sujeto y un predicado.

   A sentence consists of a subject and a predicate.

   Escribe libros que enteramente consisten en vulgaridades y tonterías.

   He/She writes books that consist entirely of vulgarities and stupidity.

Conjugation

Further reading

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