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

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, annotated edition of original by Boswell, published 2006, page 97:

     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

• Lacounts, osculant

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

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Deverbal from consultar.

consulta f (plural consultes)

1. query, question
2. consultation

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

consulta

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

• “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.
• “consulta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.syl.ta/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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consulta

1. third-person singular past historic of consulter

• consulat

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

Deverbal from consultare +‎ -a.

consulta f (plural consulte)

1. conference, consultation
2. council

• consultivo
• consultore

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

consulta

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

• 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 Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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

cōnsulta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cōnsultum

cōnsultā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cōnsultō

• "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)

• Hyphenation: con‧sul‧ta

Deverbal from consultar.

consulta f (plural consultas)

1. consultation
2. opinion

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

consulta

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

• “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 Lingua 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

Borrowed from French consulter, from Latin consultare.

• Audio:

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

1. to consult

• consultație

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

Deverbal from consultar.

consulta f (plural consultas)

1. consultation

   Synonym: consultación

2. query, question

   Synonym: pregunta

3. surgery (doctor's consulting room)

   Synonym: consultorio

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

consulta

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

• “consulta”, 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

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