subsanar

Spanish

Etymology

From sub- +‎ sanar (“heal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subsaˈnaɾ/ [suβ̞.saˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sub‧sa‧nar

Verb

subsanar (first-person singular present subsano, first-person singular preterite subsané, past participle subsanado)

1. (transitive) to rectify

   Synonyms: arreglar, corregir, rectificar

2. (transitive) to offset

Conjugation

    Conjugation of subsanar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			subsanar
gerund			subsanando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		subsanado		subsanada
		plural		subsanados		subsanadas
		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	subsano	subsanastú subsanásvos	subsana	subsanamos	subsanáis	subsanan
	imperfect	subsanaba	subsanabas	subsanaba	subsanábamos	subsanabais	subsanaban
	preterite	subsané	subsanaste	subsanó	subsanamos	subsanasteis	subsanaron
	future	subsanaré	subsanarás	subsanará	subsanaremos	subsanaréis	subsanarán
	conditional	subsanaría	subsanarías	subsanaría	subsanaríamos	subsanaríais	subsanarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	subsane	subsanestú subsanésvos2	subsane	subsanemos	subsanéis	subsanen
	imperfect (ra)	subsanara	subsanaras	subsanara	subsanáramos	subsanarais	subsanaran
	imperfect (se)	subsanase	subsanases	subsanase	subsanásemos	subsanaseis	subsanasen
	future1	subsanare	subsanares	subsanare	subsanáremos	subsanareis	subsanaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		subsanatú subsanávos	subsane	subsanemos	subsanad	subsanen
	negative		no subsanes	no subsane	no subsanemos	no subsanéis	no subsanen

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

    Selected combined forms of subsanar

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 subsanar
	dative	subsanarme	subsanarte	subsanarle, subsanarse	subsanarnos	subsanaros	subsanarles, subsanarse
	accusative	subsanarme	subsanarte	subsanarlo, subsanarla, subsanarse	subsanarnos	subsanaros	subsanarlos, subsanarlas, subsanarse
with gerund subsanando
	dative	subsanándome	subsanándote	subsanándole, subsanándose	subsanándonos	subsanándoos	subsanándoles, subsanándose
	accusative	subsanándome	subsanándote	subsanándolo, subsanándola, subsanándose	subsanándonos	subsanándoos	subsanándolos, subsanándolas, subsanándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative subsana
	dative	subsáname	subsánate	subsánale	subsánanos	not used	subsánales
	accusative	subsáname	subsánate	subsánalo, subsánala	subsánanos	not used	subsánalos, subsánalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative subsaná
	dative	subsaname	subsanate	subsanale	subsananos	not used	subsanales
	accusative	subsaname	subsanate	subsanalo, subsanala	subsananos	not used	subsanalos, subsanalas
with formal second-person singular imperative subsane
	dative	subsáneme	not used	subsánele, subsánese	subsánenos	not used	subsáneles
	accusative	subsáneme	not used	subsánelo, subsánela, subsánese	subsánenos	not used	subsánelos, subsánelas
with first-person plural imperative subsanemos
	dative	not used	subsanémoste	subsanémosle	subsanémonos	subsanémoos	subsanémosles
	accusative	not used	subsanémoste	subsanémoslo, subsanémosla	subsanémonos	subsanémoos	subsanémoslos, subsanémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative subsanad
	dative	subsanadme	not used	subsanadle	subsanadnos	subsanaos	subsanadles
	accusative	subsanadme	not used	subsanadlo, subsanadla	subsanadnos	subsanaos	subsanadlos, subsanadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative subsanen
	dative	subsánenme	not used	subsánenle	subsánennos	not used	subsánenles, subsánense
	accusative	subsánenme	not used	subsánenlo, subsánenla	subsánennos	not used	subsánenlos, subsánenlas, subsánense

Derived terms

• subsanable

 

Further reading

• “subsanar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28