consientes

Considentes? No, la palabra es consientes. Consientes is the second-person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb consentir, meaning you consent or you are consenting. The infinitive consentir yields conjunto de formas como consiento, consientes, consiente, consentimos, consentís, consienten. The verb denotes permitting, agreeing to, or tolerating something, and can take a direct object or the construction en with an infinitive to express agreement to an action.

Etymology: consentir comes from the Latin consentire, literally “to feel together,” formed by con- (together) and sensus (feeling, sense). The sense evolved to include agreeing or allowing.

Usage notes: Consientes is used when addressing someone informalmente (tú). It can appear alone as a complete verb phrase or as part of a clause: “Tú consientes en el contrato” or “Tú consientes que se realice la operación.” A common construction is consentir en + infinitivo, meaning to agree to do something: “consentir en presentar la memoria.” It can also appear in negative form: “No consientes en esa condición.”

Distinctions: Learners sometimes confuse consientes with consciente(s), the plural form of consciente meaning aware; they are not interchangeable. The noun for the act of granting permission is consentimiento.

See also: consentir, consentimiento, consciente (and its plural conscientes). This helps situate consientes within the related verbal and adjectival forms in Spanish.