# consolar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsōlārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kun.suˈla]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kon.soˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kon.soˈlaɾ]

### Verb

consolar (first-person singular present consolo, first-person singular preterite consolí, past participle consolat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* (transitive) to console

#### Related terms

* consol
* consolació
* consolador

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since circa 1300. Learned borrowing from Latin consōlāre, from cōnsōlor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [konsoˈlaɾ]

### Verb

consolar (first-person singular present consolo, first-person singular preterite consolei, past participle consolado)
* (transitive) to console, to comfort

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* consolación
* consolador
* consolamento
* consolo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “consolar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “consol”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “consolar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “consolar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

### Further reading

* “consolar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “consolar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsōlāre, from cōnsōlor.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.soˈla(ʁ)/ [kõ.soˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.soˈla(ʁ)/ [kõ.soˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.soˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.soˈla(ʁ)/ [kõ.soˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.soˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.suˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.suˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.suˈla.ɾi/
* Homophone: consular (Portugal)
* Hyphenation: con‧so‧lar

### Verb

consolar (first-person singular present consolo, first-person singular preterite consolei, past participle consolado)
* (transitive) to console, comfort

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* consolação
* consolador
* consolo

#### Descendants

* Macanese: consolâ

### Further reading

* “consolar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “consolar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin cōnsōlārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konsoˈlaɾ/ [kõn.soˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: con‧so‧lar

### Verb

consolar (first-person singular present consuelo, first-person singular preterite consolé, past participle consolado)
* (transitive) to console

#### 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.

#### Related terms

* consolación
* consolador
* consuelo

### Further reading

* “consolar”, 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