# consultar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin cōnsultāre (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulere (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”).

### Verb

consultar (first-person singular indicative present consulto, past participle consultáu)
* to consult, ask

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsultāre (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulere (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kun.sulˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kon.sulˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kon.sulˈtaɾ]
* Hyphenation: con‧sul‧tar
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

consultar (first-person singular present consulto, first-person singular preterite consultí, past participle consultat)
* (transitive) to consult

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsultāre (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulere (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.suwˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.suʊ̯ˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.suwˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.suʊ̯ˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.suwˈta(ɾ)/ [kõ.suʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.suwˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.suʊ̯ˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.suwˈta(ɻ)/ [kõ.suʊ̯ˈta(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.sulˈtaɾ/ [kõ.suɫˈtaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.sulˈtaɾ/ [kõ.suɫˈtaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.sulˈta.ɾi/ [kõ.suɫˈta.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: con‧sul‧tar

### Verb

consultar (first-person singular present consulto, first-person singular preterite consultei, past participle consultado)
* (transitive) to consult (ask advice)
* (transitive) to check, look up, refer to

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* consulente
* consulta
* consultado
* consultor
* consultoria
* consultório

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin cōnsultāre (“to deliberate, consult”), frequentative of cōnsulere (“to consult, deliberate, consider, reflect upon, ask advice”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konsulˈtaɾ/ [kõn.sul̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: con‧sul‧tar

### Verb

consultar (first-person singular present consulto, first-person singular preterite consulté, past participle consultado)
* (transitive) to consult

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* consultar con la almohada

### Further reading

* “consultar”, 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