consulta

See also: consultá and consultà

English

Etymology

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

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.
   • 1768, James Boswell, edited by Boulton, James & T. O. McLoughlin, An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to That Island, published 2006, page 97, annotated edition of original by Boswell:

     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.

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kunˈsul.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [konˈsul.ta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from consultar.

Noun

consulta f (plural consultes)

1. query, question
2. consultation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

consulta

1. inflection of consultar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “consulta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “consulta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “consulta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “consulta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.syl.ta/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Verb

consulta

1. third-person singular past historic of consulter

Anagrams

• consulat

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈsul.ta/
• Rhymes: -ulta
• Hyphenation: con‧sùl‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from consultare +‎ -a.

Noun

consulta f (plural consulte)

1. conference, consultation
2. council

Related terms

• consultivo
• consultore

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

consulta

1. inflection of consultare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. 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 Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈsʊɫ.taː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈsul.ta]

Noun

cōnsulta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cōnsultum

Verb

cōnsultā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cōnsultō

References

• "consulta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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^(key): /kõˈsuw.tɐ/ [kõˈsuʊ̯.tɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈsul.tɐ/ [kõˈsuɫ.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: con‧sul‧ta

Etymology 1

Deverbal from consultar.

Noun

consulta f (plural consultas)

1. consultation
2. opinion

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

consulta

1. inflection of consultar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “consulta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “consulta”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “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, 2003–2026
• “consulta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “consulta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French consulter, from Latin cōnsultāre.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

a consulta (third-person singular present consultă, past participle consultat, third-person subjunctive consulte) 1st conjugation

1. to consult

Conjugation

    conjugation of consulta (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a consulta
gerund			consultând
past participle			consultat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	consult	consulți	consultă	consultăm	consultați	consultă
	imperfect	consultam	consultai	consulta	consultam	consultați	consultau
	simple perfect	consultai	consultași	consultă	consultarăm	consultarăți	consultară
	pluperfect	consultasem	consultaseși	consultase	consultaserăm	consultaserăți	consultaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să consult	să consulți	să consulte	să consultăm	să consultați	să consulte
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		consultă			consultați
	negative		nu consulta			nu consultați

Related terms

• consultație

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈsulta/ [kõnˈsul̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ulta
• Syllabification: con‧sul‧ta

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *selh₁-der.

Latin *sulo

Latin cōnsulō

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin cōnsultāreder.

Spanish consultardeverb.

Spanish consulta

Deverbal from consultar.

Noun

consulta f (plural consultas)

1. consultation

   Synonym: consultación

2. query, question

   Synonym: pregunta

3. surgery (doctor's consulting room)

   Synonym: consultorio

Derived terms

• consulta popular

Descendants

• → Central Bikol: konsulta
• → English: consulta
• → Tagalog: konsulta

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

consulta

1. inflection of consultar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “consulta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026