consistir
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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)(intransitive)
- to consist (en, a of)
- 1944, Josep Ferrater Mora, Les formes de la vida catalana:
- Per a una altra mena d'homes, en canvi, viure sembla consistir en esborrar el passat, en invalidar-lo, en desfer-lo.
- For another type of man, by contrast, living seems to consist of erasing the pass, invalidating it, destroying it.
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “consistir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Etymology
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)
- to consist of
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnsistere, with change of conjugation.
Pronunciation
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.siʃˈti(χ)/
- Hyphenation: con‧sis‧tir
Verb
consistir (first-person singular present consisto, first-person singular preterite consisti, past participle consistido)
- to consist of
- A palavra-passe deve consistir em 10 caracteres.
- The password must consist of 10 characters.
Conjugation
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
consistir (first-person singular present consisto, first-person singular preterite consistí, past participle consistido)
- (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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