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)

1. (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16