sostituire

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin substituō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /so.sti.tuˈi.re/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: so‧sti‧tu‧ì‧re

Verb

sostituìre (first-person singular present sostituìsco, first-person singular past historic sostituìi, past participle sostituìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to substitute (someone/something)
  2. to replace (someone/something)
    Synonyms: cambiare, rimpiazzare
  3. to replace, to take the place of, to stand in for (someone/something) (temporarily or permanently)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ sostituire in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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