sustantivar
Spanish
Alternative forms
- substantivar
Etymology
From sustantivo + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sustantiˈbaɾ/ [sus.t̪ãn̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: sus‧tan‧ti‧var
Verb
sustantivar (first-person singular present sustantivo, first-person singular preterite sustantivé, past participle sustantivado)
- (transitive, grammar) to substantivise
- Synonym: nominalizar
Conjugation
Conjugation of sustantivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | sustantivar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | sustantivando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | sustantivado | sustantivada | |||||
| plural | sustantivados | sustantivadas | |||||
| 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 | sustantivo | sustantivastú sustantivásvos | sustantiva | sustantivamos | sustantiváis | sustantivan | |
| imperfect | sustantivaba | sustantivabas | sustantivaba | sustantivábamos | sustantivabais | sustantivaban | |
| preterite | sustantivé | sustantivaste | sustantivó | sustantivamos | sustantivasteis | sustantivaron | |
| future | sustantivaré | sustantivarás | sustantivará | sustantivaremos | sustantivaréis | sustantivarán | |
| conditional | sustantivaría | sustantivarías | sustantivaría | sustantivaríamos | sustantivaríais | sustantivarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | sustantive | sustantivestú sustantivésvos2 | sustantive | sustantivemos | sustantivéis | sustantiven | |
| imperfect (ra) | sustantivara | sustantivaras | sustantivara | sustantiváramos | sustantivarais | sustantivaran | |
| imperfect (se) | sustantivase | sustantivases | sustantivase | sustantivásemos | sustantivaseis | sustantivasen | |
| future1 | sustantivare | sustantivares | sustantivare | sustantiváremos | sustantivareis | sustantivaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | sustantivatú sustantivávos | sustantive | sustantivemos | sustantivad | sustantiven | ||
| negative | no sustantives | no sustantive | no sustantivemos | no sustantivéis | no sustantiven | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of sustantivar
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 sustantivar | |||||||
| dative | sustantivarme | sustantivarte | sustantivarle, sustantivarse | sustantivarnos | sustantivaros | sustantivarles, sustantivarse | |
| accusative | sustantivarme | sustantivarte | sustantivarlo, sustantivarla, sustantivarse | sustantivarnos | sustantivaros | sustantivarlos, sustantivarlas, sustantivarse | |
| with gerund sustantivando | |||||||
| dative | sustantivándome | sustantivándote | sustantivándole, sustantivándose | sustantivándonos | sustantivándoos | sustantivándoles, sustantivándose | |
| accusative | sustantivándome | sustantivándote | sustantivándolo, sustantivándola, sustantivándose | sustantivándonos | sustantivándoos | sustantivándolos, sustantivándolas, sustantivándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative sustantiva | |||||||
| dative | sustantívame | sustantívate | sustantívale | sustantívanos | not used | sustantívales | |
| accusative | sustantívame | sustantívate | sustantívalo, sustantívala | sustantívanos | not used | sustantívalos, sustantívalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative sustantivá | |||||||
| dative | sustantivame | sustantivate | sustantivale | sustantivanos | not used | sustantivales | |
| accusative | sustantivame | sustantivate | sustantivalo, sustantivala | sustantivanos | not used | sustantivalos, sustantivalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative sustantive | |||||||
| dative | sustantíveme | not used | sustantívele, sustantívese | sustantívenos | not used | sustantíveles | |
| accusative | sustantíveme | not used | sustantívelo, sustantívela, sustantívese | sustantívenos | not used | sustantívelos, sustantívelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative sustantivemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | sustantivémoste | sustantivémosle | sustantivémonos | sustantivémoos | sustantivémosles | |
| accusative | not used | sustantivémoste | sustantivémoslo, sustantivémosla | sustantivémonos | sustantivémoos | sustantivémoslos, sustantivémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative sustantivad | |||||||
| dative | sustantivadme | not used | sustantivadle | sustantivadnos | sustantivaos | sustantivadles | |
| accusative | sustantivadme | not used | sustantivadlo, sustantivadla | sustantivadnos | sustantivaos | sustantivadlos, sustantivadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative sustantiven | |||||||
| dative | sustantívenme | not used | sustantívenle | sustantívennos | not used | sustantívenles, sustantívense | |
| accusative | sustantívenme | not used | sustantívenlo, sustantívenla | sustantívennos | not used | sustantívenlos, sustantívenlas, sustantívense | |
Derived terms
- sustantivación
Further reading
- “sustantivar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014