consolar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsōlārī.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

consolar (first-person singular present consolo, first-person singular preterite consolí, past participle consolat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to console

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of consolar (first conjugation)

infinitive			consolar
gerund			consolant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		consolat		consolada
		plural		consolats		consolades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	consolo	consoles	consola	consolem	consoleu	consolen
	imperfect	consolava	consolaves	consolava	consolàvem	consolàveu	consolaven
	future	consolaré	consolaràs	consolarà	consolarem	consolareu	consolaran
	preterite	consolí	consolares	consolà	consolàrem	consolàreu	consolaren
	conditional	consolaria	consolaries	consolaria	consolaríem	consolaríeu	consolarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	consoli	consolis	consoli	consolem	consoleu	consolin
	imperfect	consolés	consolessis	consolés	consoléssim	consoléssiu	consolessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	consola	consoli	consolem	consoleu	consolin
	negative (no)	—	no consolis	no consoli	no consolem	no consoleu	no consolin

Related terms

• consol
• consolació
• consolador

Further reading

• “consolar”, 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
• “consolar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “consolar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “consolar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [konsoˈlaɾ]

Verb

consolar (first-person singular present consolo, first-person singular preterite consolei, past participle consolado)

1. (transitive) to console, to comfort

Conjugation

    Conjugation of consolar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	consolar
Personal	consolar	consolares	consolar	consolarmos	consolardes	consolaren
Gerund
	consolando
Past participle
Masculine	consolado			consolados
Feminine	consolada			consoladas
Indicative
Present	consolo	consolas	consola	consolamos	consolades	consolan
Imperfect	consolaba	consolabas	consolaba	consolabamos	consolabades	consolaban
Preterite	consolei	consolaches	consolou	consolamos	consolastes	consolaron
Pluperfect	consolara	consolaras	consolara	consolaramos	consolarades	consolaran
Future	consolarei	consolarás	consolará	consolaremos	consolaredes	consolarán
Conditional	consolaría	consolarías	consolaría	consolariamos	consolariades	consolarían
Subjunctive
Present	console	consoles	console	consolemos	consoledes	consolen
Imperfect	consolase	consolases	consolase	consolásemos	consolásedes	consolasen
Future	consolar	consolares	consolar	consolarmos	consolardes	consolaren
Imperative
Affirmative		consola	console	consolemos	consolade	consolen
Negative (non)		non consoles	non console	non consolemos	non consoledes	non consolen

    Reintegrated conjugation of consolar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	consolar
Personal	consolar	consolares	consolar	consolarmos	consolardes	consolarem
Gerund
	consolando
Past participle
Masculine	consolado			consolados
Feminine	consolada			consoladas
Indicative
Present	consolo	consolas	consola	consolamos	consolades, consolais	consolam
Imperfect	consolava	consolavas	consolava	consolávamos	consolávades, consoláveis, consolávais1	consolavam
Preterite	consolei	consolaste, consolache1	consolou	consolamos	consolastes	consolárom, consolaram
Pluperfect	consolara	consolaras	consolara	consoláramos	consolárades, consoláreis, consolárais1	consolaram
Future	consolarei	consolarás	consolará	consolaremos	consolaredes, consolareis	consolarám, consolarão
Conditional	consolaria	consolarias	consolaria	consolaríamos	consolaríades, consolaríeis, consolaríais1	consolariam
Subjunctive
Present	console	consoles	console	consolemos	consoledes, consoleis	consolem
Imperfect	consolasse	consolasses	consolasse	consolássemos	consolássedes, consolásseis	consolassem
Future	consolar	consolares	consolar	consolarmos	consolardes	consolarem
Imperative
Affirmative		consola	console	consolemos	consolade, consolai	consolem
Negative (nom)		nom consoles	nom console	nom consolemos	nom consoledes, nom consoleis	nom consolem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• consolación
• consolador
• consolamento
• consolo

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “consolar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “consolar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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, 2012–2026
• “consolar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnsōlāre, from cōnsōlor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.soˈla(ʁ)/ [kõ.soˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.soˈla(ʁ)/ [kõ.soˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.soˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.soˈla(ʁ)/ [kõ.soˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kõ.soˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.suˈlaɾ/

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

1. (transitive) to console, comfort

Conjugation

    Conjugation of consolar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	consolar
Personal	consolar	consolares	consolar	consolarmos	consolardes	consolarem
Gerund
	consolando
Past participle
Masculine	consolado			consolados
Feminine	consolada			consoladas
Indicative
Present	consolo	consolas	consola	consolamos	consolais	consolam
Imperfect	consolava	consolavas	consolava	consolávamos	consoláveis	consolavam
Preterite	consolei	consolaste	consolou	consolamos1, consolámos2	consolastes	consolaram
Pluperfect	consolara	consolaras	consolara	consoláramos	consoláreis	consolaram
Future	consolarei	consolarás	consolará	consolaremos	consolareis	consolarão
Conditional	consolaria	consolarias	consolaria	consolaríamos	consolaríeis	consolariam
Subjunctive
Present	console	consoles	console	consolemos	consoleis	consolem
Imperfect	consolasse	consolasses	consolasse	consolássemos	consolásseis	consolassem
Future	consolar	consolares	consolar	consolarmos	consolardes	consolarem
Imperative
Affirmative		consola	console	consolemos	consolai	consolem
Negative (não)		não consoles	não console	não consolemos	não consoleis	não consolem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• consolação
• consolador
• consolo

Descendants

• Macanese: consolâ

Further reading

• “consolar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “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, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cōnsōlārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konsoˈlaɾ/ [kõn.soˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧so‧lar

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

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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 tuteo 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 voseo 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025