# consulta
## English
### Etymology

From Italian consulta and Spanish consulta, attested in English since the eighteenth century. Doublet of consult.

### Noun

consulta (plural consultas)
* An official meeting or consultation.
** 2009, Kara Zugman Dellacioppa, This Bridge Called Zapatismo, page 116:One method that has been carried out by the Zapatistas and by their sympathizers is the practice of consulta, referendum, and plebisite. […] A consulta has to do with voting, but it is voting that takes place alongside debate between different people.
* The meeting of a government council, especially of an Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese government or agency.
** 1768, James Boswell, edited by Boulton, James & T. O. McLoughlin, An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to That Island, annotated edition of original by Boswell, published 2006, page 97:The magistrates of each province also send a procuratour to the general consulta; and when all the procuratours are assembled at Corte, […] may proceed to the election of the president and oratour of the general consulta.
* The minutes or report of such a government council.
** 1824, Richard Raynal Keene, Letter of vindication to Colonel Munroe, President of the United States, page 55:the council of Indies sent […] their consulta relative to my colony. In this consulta, bearing the date of 26th November, 1819, his majesty was advised of the unanimous decision of the council, in favor of a grant to me in Mexico

### Anagrams

* Lacounts, osculant

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kunˈsul.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [konˈsul.ta]

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from consultar.

#### Noun

consulta f (plural consultes)
* query, question
* consultation

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

consulta
* inflection of consultar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “consulta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “consulta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “consulta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “consulta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔ̃.syl.ta/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

consulta
* third-person singular past historic of consulter

### Anagrams

* consulat

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konˈsul.ta/
* Rhymes: -ulta
* Hyphenation: con‧sùl‧ta

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from consultare +‎ -a.

#### Noun

consulta f (plural consulte)
* conference, consultation
* council

##### Related terms

* consultivo
* consultore

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

consulta
* inflection of consultare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* consulta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
* consulta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* consulta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
* consulta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
* consulta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
* consulta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
* consulta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /konˈsul.taː/, [kõːˈs̠ʊɫ̪t̪äː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /konˈsul.ta/, [konˈsul̪t̪ä]

### Noun

cōnsulta
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cōnsultum

### Verb

cōnsultā
* second-person singular present active imperative of cōnsultō

### References

* consulta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõˈsuw.tɐ/ [kõˈsuʊ̯.tɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõˈsuw.tɐ/ [kõˈsuʊ̯.tɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõˈsuw.ta/ [kõˈsuʊ̯.ta]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõˈsul.tɐ/ [kõˈsuɫ.tɐ]
* Hyphenation: con‧sul‧ta

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from consultar.

#### Noun

consulta f (plural consultas)
* consultation
* opinion

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

consulta
* inflection of consultar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “consulta”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “consulta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “consulta” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “consulta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “consulta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “consulta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French consulter, from Latin consultare.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

a consulta (third-person singular present consultă, past participle consultat) 1st conjugation
* to consult

#### Related terms

* consultație

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konˈsulta/ [kõnˈsul̪.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ulta
* Syllabification: con‧sul‧ta

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from consultar.

#### Noun

consulta f (plural consultas)
* consultation
    Synonym: consultación
* query, question
    Synonym: pregunta
* surgery (doctor's consulting room)
    Synonym: consultorio

##### Derived terms

* consulta popular

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

consulta
* inflection of consultar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “consulta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10