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consiste

consists, consists of, is

Verb consiste

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present indicative form of consistir.
  2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of consistir.

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Examples

  • Siendo estrictos, el chino consiste en cientos de dialectos.

    Strictly speaking, Chinese consists of hundreds of dialects.

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  • El intestino delgado consiste en tres partes.

    The small intestine consists of three parts.

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  • La forma más pérfida de dañar una causa consiste en defenderla deliberadamente con argumentos falsos.

    The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.

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  • La educación no consiste en simplemente aprender muchos hechos.

    Education does not consist simply in learning a lot of facts.

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  • En general, el arte de gobernar consiste en tomar la mayor parte del dinero de una parte de los ciudadanos para dársela a otra parte.

    Generally speaking, the art of governing consists in taking the most money from one part of the citizens, in order to give it to another part.

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  • Cerveza consiste en 90% de agua.

    Beer consists of 90% water.

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  • ¿En qué consiste tu trabajo?

    What does your job entail?

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  • La felicidad consiste en la moderación.

    Happiness is a question of moderation.

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  • El humano consiste en un 70% de agua.

    Man is 70% water.

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  • El sistema nervioso central consiste en cerebro, cerebelo, médula oblonga y médula espinal.

    Central nervous system consists of brain, cerebellum, medulla oblongata and spinal cord.

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