consultar
Spanish, verb/konsulˈtaɾ/
consultar is spelled C-O-N-S-U-L-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,270th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Consultar is a Spanish verb meaning “to consult” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Informarse con personas que entienden o pueden entender de un asunto más que uno mismo, para poder formarse…”.
What does consultar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to consult
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Informarse con personas que entienden o pueden entender de un asunto más que uno mismo, para poder formarse una opinión o tomar una decisión. 2. Buscar la información en documentos escritos u otras fuentes audiovisuales, para poder formarse una opinión o tomar una decisión. 3. Acercarse a un profesional para que dé un diagnóstico médico, consejo legal o conclusión hecha en el ejercicio de su profesión.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of consultar
- consulto first-person present singular
- consulté first-person preterite singular
- consultado participle past
- consultando gerund
- consultada feminine participle past
- consultados masculine participle past
- consultadas feminine participle past
- consultas indicative informal present
- consultás indicative informal present
- consulta indicative present singular
- consultamos first-person indicative plural
- consultáis indicative plural present
- consultan indicative plural present
- consultaba first-person imperfect indicative
- consultabas imperfect indicative second-person
- consultábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- consultabais imperfect indicative plural
- consultaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce consultar?
- /konsulˈtaɾ/
- [kõn.sul̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [kõnsul̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to consultar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is consultar in Spanish?
consultar appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).