/konsulˌtaɾlo kon la almoˈada/ lit. ‘ask your pillow about it’
Spanish idiom, everyday. To wait until the next day before making a decision.
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How do people use Consultarlo con la almohada
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Everyday Spanish, polite enough for a job offer or a contract. The dictionary form is “consultar con la almohada”, and in real sentences “lo” stands for the decision: “lo voy a consultar con la almohada”, “lo consultaré con la almohada”, “consúltalo con la almohada”. The pillow gets “con”, though Tatoeba also has “voy a consultar la almohada” without it.
Also said consultar con la almohada, aconsejarse con la almohada
Consultarlo con la almohada
in real sentences
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Lo consultaré con la almohada.
I’ll sleep on it.
Tatoeba, sentence by Shishir, translation by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR
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Lo voy a consultar con la almohada.
I’m going to sleep on it.
Tatoeba, sentence by hayastan, translation by _undertoad, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does Consultarlo con la almohada
come from?
The pillow is the adviser you see at night, so asking it means letting a night’s sleep settle the question. English Wiktionary cites the Real Academia dictionary for the pair “aconsejarse, o consultar, con la almohada”, and Spanish Wiktionary defines it as thinking something over during the night before deciding. Neither gives a first use, and I didn’t find one.
Mistakes learners make with Consultarlo con la almohada
Forgetting the “lo”. “Voy a consultar con la almohada” is understood, but the natural sentence names the thing you’re deciding on: “lo voy a consultar con la almohada”.
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