sustituir

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin substituō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sustiˈtwiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: sus‧ti‧tuir

Verb

sustituir (first-person singular present sustituyo, first-person singular preterite sustituí, past participle sustituido)

  1. to replace, to take the place of
    Synonym: reemplazar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sustituir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive sustituir
gerund sustituyendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular sustituido sustituida
plural sustituidos sustituidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present sustituyo sustituyestú
sustituísvos 		sustituye sustituimos sustituís sustituyen
imperfect sustituía sustituías sustituía sustituíamos sustituíais sustituían
preterite sustituí sustituiste sustituyó sustituimos sustituisteis sustituyeron
future sustituiré sustituirás sustituirá sustituiremos sustituiréis sustituirán
conditional sustituiría sustituirías sustituiría sustituiríamos sustituiríais sustituirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present sustituya sustituyastú
sustituyásvos2 		sustituya sustituyamos sustituyáis sustituyan
imperfect
(ra) 		sustituyera sustituyeras sustituyera sustituyéramos sustituyerais sustituyeran
imperfect
(se) 		sustituyese sustituyeses sustituyese sustituyésemos sustituyeseis sustituyesen
future1 sustituyere sustituyeres sustituyere sustituyéremos sustituyereis sustituyeren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative sustituyetú
sustituívos 		sustituya sustituyamos sustituid sustituyan
negative no sustituyas no sustituya no sustituyamos no sustituyáis no sustituyan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of sustituir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive sustituir dative sustituirme sustituirte sustituirle, sustituirse sustituirnos sustituiros sustituirles, sustituirse
accusative sustituirme sustituirte sustituirlo, sustituirla, sustituirse sustituirnos sustituiros sustituirlos, sustituirlas, sustituirse
with gerund sustituyendo dative sustituyéndome sustituyéndote sustituyéndole, sustituyéndose sustituyéndonos sustituyéndoos sustituyéndoles, sustituyéndose
accusative sustituyéndome sustituyéndote sustituyéndolo, sustituyéndola, sustituyéndose sustituyéndonos sustituyéndoos sustituyéndolos, sustituyéndolas, sustituyéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sustituye dative sustitúyeme sustitúyete sustitúyele sustitúyenos not used sustitúyeles
accusative sustitúyeme sustitúyete sustitúyelo, sustitúyela sustitúyenos not used sustitúyelos, sustitúyelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sustituí dative sustituime sustituite sustituile sustituinos not used sustituiles
accusative sustituime sustituite sustituilo, sustituila sustituinos not used sustituilos, sustituilas
with formal second-person singular imperative sustituya dative sustitúyame not used sustitúyale, sustitúyase sustitúyanos not used sustitúyales
accusative sustitúyame not used sustitúyalo, sustitúyala, sustitúyase sustitúyanos not used sustitúyalos, sustitúyalas
with first-person plural imperative sustituyamos dative not used sustituyámoste sustituyámosle sustituyámonos sustituyámoos sustituyámosles
accusative not used sustituyámoste sustituyámoslo, sustituyámosla sustituyámonos sustituyámoos sustituyámoslos, sustituyámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sustituid dative sustituidme not used sustituidle sustituidnos sustituíos sustituidles
accusative sustituidme not used sustituidlo, sustituidla sustituidnos sustituíos sustituidlos, sustituidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sustituyan dative sustitúyanme not used sustitúyanle sustitúyannos not used sustitúyanles, sustitúyanse
accusative sustitúyanme not used sustitúyanlo, sustitúyanla sustitúyannos not used sustitúyanlos, sustitúyanlas, sustitúyanse

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