constatar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French constater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kuns.təˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kons.təˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kons.taˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kons.taˈta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Homophone: constatà

Verb

constatar (first-person singular present constato, first-person singular preterite constatí, past participle constatat)

1. (transitive) to verify, confirm

   Synonyms: comprovar, verificar, confirmar, corroborar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of constatar (first conjugation)

infinitive			constatar
gerund			constatant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		constatat		constatada
		plural		constatats		constatades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	constato	constates	constata	constatem	constateu	constaten
	imperfect	constatava	constataves	constatava	constatàvem	constatàveu	constataven
	future	constataré	constataràs	constatarà	constatarem	constatareu	constataran
	preterite	constatí	constatares	constatà	constatàrem	constatàreu	constataren
	conditional	constataria	constataries	constataria	constataríem	constataríeu	constatarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	constati	constatis	constati	constatem	constateu	constatin
	imperfect	constatés	constatessis	constatés	constatéssim	constatéssiu	constatessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	constata	constati	constatem	constateu	constatin
	negative (no)	—	no constatis	no constati	no constatem	no constateu	no constatin

Derived terms

• constatació

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French constater.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõs.taˈta(ʁ)/ [kõs.taˈta(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tɐˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tɐˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tɐˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cons‧ta‧tar

Verb

constatar (first-person singular present constato, first-person singular preterite constatei, past participle constatado)

1. (transitive) to verify

   Synonyms: comprovar, verificar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of constatar (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	constatar
Personal	constatar	constatares	constatar	constatarmos	constatardes	constatarem
Gerund
	constatando
Past participle
Masculine	constatado			constatados
Feminine	constatada			constatadas
Indicative
Present	constato	constatas	constata	constatamos	constatais	constatam
Imperfect	constatava	constatavas	constatava	constatávamos	constatáveis	constatavam
Preterite	constatei	constataste	constatou	constatamos1, constatámos2	constatastes	constataram
Pluperfect	constatara	constataras	constatara	constatáramos	constatáreis	constataram
Future	constatarei	constatarás	constatará	constataremos	constatareis	constatarão
Conditional	constataria	constatarias	constataria	constataríamos	constataríeis	constatariam
Subjunctive
Present	constate	constates	constate	constatemos	constateis	constatem
Imperfect	constatasse	constatasses	constatasse	constatássemos	constatásseis	constatassem
Future	constatar	constatares	constatar	constatarmos	constatardes	constatarem
Imperative
Affirmative		constata	constate	constatemos	constatai	constatem
Negative (não)		não constates	não constate	não constatemos	não constateis	não constatem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:constatar.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French constater.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konstaˈtaɾ/ [kõns.t̪aˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cons‧ta‧tar

Verb

constatar (first-person singular present constato, first-person singular preterite constaté, past participle constatado)

1. (transitive) to verify, confirm

   Synonyms: verificar, comprobar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of constatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			constatar
gerund			constatando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		constatado		constatada
		plural		constatados		constatadas
		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	constato	constatastú constatásvos	constata	constatamos	constatáis	constatan
	imperfect	constataba	constatabas	constataba	constatábamos	constatabais	constataban
	preterite	constaté	constataste	constató	constatamos	constatasteis	constataron
	future	constataré	constatarás	constatará	constataremos	constataréis	constatarán
	conditional	constataría	constatarías	constataría	constataríamos	constataríais	constatarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	constate	constatestú constatésvos2	constate	constatemos	constatéis	constaten
	imperfect (ra)	constatara	constataras	constatara	constatáramos	constatarais	constataran
	imperfect (se)	constatase	constatases	constatase	constatásemos	constataseis	constatasen
	future1	constatare	constatares	constatare	constatáremos	constatareis	constataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		constatatú constatávos	constate	constatemos	constatad	constaten
	negative		no constates	no constate	no constatemos	no constatéis	no constaten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of constatar

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 constatar	dative	constatarme	constatarte	constatarle, constatarse	constatarnos	constataros	constatarles, constatarse
	accusative	constatarme	constatarte	constatarlo, constatarla, constatarse	constatarnos	constataros	constatarlos, constatarlas, constatarse
with gerund constatando	dative	constatándome	constatándote	constatándole, constatándose	constatándonos	constatándoos	constatándoles, constatándose
	accusative	constatándome	constatándote	constatándolo, constatándola, constatándose	constatándonos	constatándoos	constatándolos, constatándolas, constatándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative constata	dative	constátame	constátate	constátale	constátanos	not used	constátales
	accusative	constátame	constátate	constátalo, constátala	constátanos	not used	constátalos, constátalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative constatá	dative	constatame	constatate	constatale	constatanos	not used	constatales
	accusative	constatame	constatate	constatalo, constatala	constatanos	not used	constatalos, constatalas
with formal second-person singular imperative constate	dative	constáteme	not used	constátele, constátese	constátenos	not used	constáteles
	accusative	constáteme	not used	constátelo, constátela, constátese	constátenos	not used	constátelos, constátelas
with first-person plural imperative constatemos	dative	not used	constatémoste	constatémosle	constatémonos	constatémoos	constatémosles
	accusative	not used	constatémoste	constatémoslo, constatémosla	constatémonos	constatémoos	constatémoslos, constatémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative constatad	dative	constatadme	not used	constatadle	constatadnos	constataos	constatadles
	accusative	constatadme	not used	constatadlo, constatadla	constatadnos	constataos	constatadlos, constatadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative constaten	dative	constátenme	not used	constátenle	constátennos	not used	constátenles, constátense
	accusative	constátenme	not used	constátenlo, constátenla	constátennos	not used	constátenlos, constátenlas, constátense

Derived terms

• constatable

Further reading

• “constatar”, 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