sustituir
Spanish
Alternative forms
- substituir
Etymology
From Latin substituō.
Verb
sustituir (first-person singular present sustituyo, first-person singular preterite sustituí, past participle sustituido)
- to replace, to take the place of
- Synonym: reemplazar
Conjugation
Conjugation of sustituir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | sustituir | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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 |
Related terms
- sustitución
- sustituto
Further reading
- “sustituir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014