Infinitive
konsenti
Forms
Tenses
| Present | konsentas |
| Past | konsentis |
| Future | konsentos |
| Conditional | konsentus |
| Imperative | konsentu! |
Participles
| Active past | konsentinta |
| Active present | konsentanta |
| Active future | konsentonta |
| Passive past | konsentita |
| Passive present | konsentta |
| Passive future | konsentota |
Etymology
Derived from French consentir, derived from Italian consentire, ultimately derived from Latin cōnsentīre (“to agree, accord, harmonize; to assent to”). Compare English consent, German konsentieren, Spanish consentir, Catalan consentir, Portuguese consentir. See: French '
consentir', Italian '
consentire', Latin '
cōnsentiō', English '
consent', German, old spelling '
konsentieren', Spanish '
consentir', Valencian '
consentir', Portuguese '
consentir'.
Sample Sentences
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[…]ili ĉiuj konsentis, ke[…]. ([…] they all agreed that […].) [1891, Charles Dickens, “Parto dua. [Chapter 2]”, in Zamenhofa, Ludoviko Lazaro, transl., La Batalo de la Vivo [The Battle of Life], published 1891:]
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K: Kiu pri ŝtelo silentas, tiu ŝtelon konsentas.[…]V: Vane vi tentas, mi ne konsentos. (One who remains silent about theft, consents to theft. […] You tempt in vain, I will not consent.) [1910, Ludoviko Lazaro Zamenhofa, edited by Rogister, Camille, Proverbaro esperanta [Esperanto Proverbs], La Laguna: Stafeto, published 1974, →ISBN, →OCLC:]
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La markizo[…]konsentis la peton de sia filino[…]. (The marquis […] agreed to his daughter's request […].) [1907, Henri Vallienne, “Ĉapitro Kvara [Chapter Fourth]”, in Kastelo de Prelongo [Castle of Prelongo], Tyresö: Inko, published 2002, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, Goodreads, Nexus/STC, page 172, lines 8–10:]
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— Mi konsentus tian pagon, — ŝi diris, — se oni akceptus min kune kun mia malgranda filineto. (— I would accept this payment — she said — if I were taken in with my little daughter.) [1910, Eliza Orzeszkowa, chapter II, in Zamenhofa, Ludoviko Lazaro, transl., Marta [Martha], 2. edition, Parizo: Esperantista Centra Librejo, published 1924:]
Translations
consent, to express willingness