Meaning
to consist
- to consist, consist of
In a sentence
Il lavoro consiste nel parlare con i clienti.
The job consists of talking with customers.
In cosa consiste questo gioco, esattamente?
What does this game consist of, exactly?
La prova consiste in un esame scritto e un colloquio orale.
The test consists of a written exam and an oral interview.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| consistere | infinitive |
| consistiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| consisto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| consistete | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| consisti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| consistono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| consiste | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| consistevamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| consistevo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| consistevate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| consistevi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| consistevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| consisteva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| consistemmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| consistetti | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| consisteste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| consistesti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| consistettero | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| consistette | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| consisteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| consisterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| consisterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| consisterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| consisteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| consisterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| consistiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| consista | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| consistiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| consista | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| consistano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| consista | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| consistessimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| consistessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| consisteste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| consistessi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| consistessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| consistesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| consisteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| consisterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| consistereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| consisteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| consisterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| consisterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| consistiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| consistete | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| consisti | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| consistendo | gerund |
| consistito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Usually followed by in: consistere in qualcosa. English speakers often wrongly use di or omit the preposition.
- For location, it's literary or old-fashioned. Prefer trovarsi or essere located in everyday Italian.
- In compound tenses it takes essere: è consistito, sono consistiti. Past participle agrees with the subject.
- past participle consistito