constare

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See also: constaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnstāre. Doublet of the inherited costare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: con‧stà‧re

Verb

constàre (first-person singular present cònsto, first-person singular past historic constài, past participle constàto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

  1. to consist, to be composed
  2. (impersonal) to be known
    per quanto mi consta, sta fuori
    as far as I know, he's outside
    mi consta di non essere il solo
    I know I'm not the only one

Usage notes

  • Idiomatically translated by English know with Italian indirect object as the English subject. When used with che, followed by the indicative when not negated and the subjunctive when negated.

Conjugation

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

cōnstāre

  1. present active infinitive of cōnstō

Spanish

Verb

constare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of constar