constare

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See also: constaré

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cōnstāre. Doublet of the inherited costare.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to consist, to be composed [with di ‘of’] [auxiliary essere]
  2. (impersonal) to be known [with a ‘someone’; in addition, with che (+ clause) ‘that ...’; or with di (+ infinitive) ‘of being/doing ...’] [auxiliary essere]
    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

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  • 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

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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cōnstāre

  1. present active infinitive of cōnstō

Spanish

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Verb

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constare

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