consulta

See also: consultá and consultà

English

Etymology

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

Noun

consulta (plural consultas)

1. 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.

2. The meeting of a government council, especially of an Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese government or agency.
3. 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

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Catalan

Noun

consulta f (plural consultes)

1. query, question
2. consultation

Derived terms

• consultar

Verb

consulta

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French

Verb

consulta

1. third-person singular past historic of consulter

Anagrams

• consulat

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Italian

Noun

consulta f (plural consulte)

1. conference, consultation
2. council

Related terms

• consultare
• consultivo
• consultore

Verb

consulta

1. third-person singular present of consultare
2. second-person singular imperative of consultare

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) cōnsultā

1. 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)

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Portuguese

Noun

consulta f (plural consultas)

1. consultation
2. opinion

Verb

consulta

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Spanish

Noun

consulta f (plural consultas)

1. query, question
2. consultation
3. surgery (doctor's consulting room)

Verb

consulta

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of consultar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of consultar.