consolar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin consōlāre, from cōnsōlor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.suˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.soˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.soˈlaɾ]

Verb

consolar (first-person singular present consolo, first-person singular preterite consolí, past participle consolat)

1. (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, 2024
• “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.

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [konsoˈlaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to console, to comfort

Related terms

• consolación
• consolador
• consolamento
• consolo

Further reading

• “consolar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin consōlāre, from cōnsōlor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.suˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.suˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.suˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧so‧lar

Verb

1. (transitive) to console, comfort

Related terms

• consolação
• consolador
• consolo

Further reading

• “consolar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin consōlāre, from cōnsōlor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konsoˈlaɾ/ [kõn.soˈlaɾ]

Verb

consolar (first-person singular present consuelo, first-person singular preterite consolé, past participle consolado)

1. (transitive) to console

Conjugation

    Conjugation of consolar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			consolar
gerund			consolando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		consolado		consolada
		plural		consolados		consoladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	consuelo	consuelastú consolásvos	consuela	consolamos	consoláis	consuelan
	imperfect	consolaba	consolabas	consolaba	consolábamos	consolabais	consolaban
	preterite	consolé	consolaste	consoló	consolamos	consolasteis	consolaron
	future	consolaré	consolarás	consolará	consolaremos	consolaréis	consolarán
	conditional	consolaría	consolarías	consolaría	consolaríamos	consolaríais	consolarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	consuele	consuelestú consolésvos2	consuele	consolemos	consoléis	consuelen
	imperfect (ra)	consolara	consolaras	consolara	consoláramos	consolarais	consolaran
	imperfect (se)	consolase	consolases	consolase	consolásemos	consolaseis	consolasen
	future1	consolare	consolares	consolare	consoláremos	consolareis	consolaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		consuelatú consolávos	consuele	consolemos	consolad	consuelen
	negative		no consueles	no consuele	no consolemos	no consoléis	no consuelen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of consolar (o-ue alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive consolar
	dative	consolarme	consolarte	consolarle, consolarse	consolarnos	consolaros	consolarles, consolarse
	accusative	consolarme	consolarte	consolarlo, consolarla, consolarse	consolarnos	consolaros	consolarlos, consolarlas, consolarse
with gerund consolando
	dative	consolándome	consolándote	consolándole, consolándose	consolándonos	consolándoos	consolándoles, consolándose
	accusative	consolándome	consolándote	consolándolo, consolándola, consolándose	consolándonos	consolándoos	consolándolos, consolándolas, consolándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative consuela
	dative	consuélame	consuélate	consuélale	consuélanos	not used	consuélales
	accusative	consuélame	consuélate	consuélalo, consuélala	consuélanos	not used	consuélalos, consuélalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative consolá
	dative	consolame	consolate	consolale	consolanos	not used	consolales
	accusative	consolame	consolate	consolalo, consolala	consolanos	not used	consolalos, consolalas
with formal second-person singular imperative consuele
	dative	consuéleme	not used	consuélele, consuélese	consuélenos	not used	consuéleles
	accusative	consuéleme	not used	consuélelo, consuélela, consuélese	consuélenos	not used	consuélelos, consuélelas
with first-person plural imperative consolemos
	dative	not used	consolémoste	consolémosle	consolémonos	consolémoos	consolémosles
	accusative	not used	consolémoste	consolémoslo, consolémosla	consolémonos	consolémoos	consolémoslos, consolémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative consolad
	dative	consoladme	not used	consoladle	consoladnos	consolaos	consoladles
	accusative	consoladme	not used	consoladlo, consoladla	consoladnos	consolaos	consoladlos, consoladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative consuelen
	dative	consuélenme	not used	consuélenle	consuélennos	not used	consuélenles, consuélense
	accusative	consuélenme	not used	consuélenlo, consuélenla	consuélennos	not used	consuélenlos, consuélenlas, consuélense

Related terms

• consolación
• consolador
• consuelo

Further reading

• “consolar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014