substanciar

Portuguese

Etymology

From substância (“substance”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bis.tɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [su.bis.tɐ̃.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsja(h)], /subs.tɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [subs.tɐ̃.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /subs.tɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [subs.tɐ̃ˈsja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bis.tɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [su.bis.tɐ̃.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsja(h)], /subs.tɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [subs.tɐ̃.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /subs.tɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [subs.tɐ̃ˈsja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /su.bis.tɐ̃.siˈa(ɾ)/ [su.bis.tɐ̃.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsja(ɾ)/, /subs.tɐ̃.siˈa(ɾ)/ [subs.tɐ̃.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /subs.tɐ̃ˈsja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /su.biʃ.tɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [su.biʃ.tɐ̃.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /su.biʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [su.biʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja(χ)], /subʃ.tɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [subʃ.tɐ̃.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /subs.tɐ̃.siˈa(ɻ)/ [subs.tɐ̃.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /subs.tɐ̃ˈsja(ɻ)/, /su.bis.tɐ̃.siˈa(ɻ)/ [su.bis.tɐ̃.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaɾ/ [suβʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaɾ/ [suβʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja.ɾi/ [suβʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja.ɾi]

Verb

substanciar (first-person singular present substancio, first-person singular preterite substanciei, past participle substanciado)

1. (transitive) to substantiate (to verify something by supplying evidence)
2. (transitive) to substantiate (to give substance (substantiability, firmness) to something)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of substanciar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	substanciar
Personal	substanciar	substanciares	substanciar	substanciarmos	substanciardes	substanciarem
Gerund
	substanciando
Past participle
Masculine	substanciado			substanciados
Feminine	substanciada			substanciadas
Indicative
Present	substancio	substancias	substancia	substanciamos	substanciais	substanciam
Imperfect	substanciava	substanciavas	substanciava	substanciávamos	substanciáveis	substanciavam
Preterite	substanciei	substanciaste	substanciou	substanciamos1, substanciámos2	substanciastes	substanciaram
Pluperfect	substanciara	substanciaras	substanciara	substanciáramos	substanciáreis	substanciaram
Future	substanciarei	substanciarás	substanciará	substanciaremos	substanciareis	substanciarão
Conditional	substanciaria	substanciarias	substanciaria	substanciaríamos	substanciaríeis	substanciariam
Subjunctive
Present	substancie	substancies	substancie	substanciemos	substancieis	substanciem
Imperfect	substanciasse	substanciasses	substanciasse	substanciássemos	substanciásseis	substanciassem
Future	substanciar	substanciares	substanciar	substanciarmos	substanciardes	substanciarem
Imperative
Affirmative		substancia	substancie	substanciemos	substanciai	substanciem
Negative (não)		não substancies	não substancie	não substanciemos	não substancieis	não substanciem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /substanˈθjaɾ/ [suβ̞s.t̪ãn̟ˈθjaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /substanˈsjaɾ/ [suβ̞s.t̪ãnˈsjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: subs‧tan‧ciar

Verb

substanciar (first-person singular present substancio, first-person singular preterite substancié, past participle substanciado)

1. (transitive) Alternative spelling of sustanciar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of substanciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			substanciar
gerund			substanciando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		substanciado		substanciada
		plural		substanciados		substanciadas
		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	substancio	substanciastú substanciásvos	substancia	substanciamos	substanciáis	substancian
	imperfect	substanciaba	substanciabas	substanciaba	substanciábamos	substanciabais	substanciaban
	preterite	substancié	substanciaste	substanció	substanciamos	substanciasteis	substanciaron
	future	substanciaré	substanciarás	substanciará	substanciaremos	substanciaréis	substanciarán
	conditional	substanciaría	substanciarías	substanciaría	substanciaríamos	substanciaríais	substanciarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	substancie	substanciestú substanciésvos2	substancie	substanciemos	substanciéis	substancien
	imperfect (ra)	substanciara	substanciaras	substanciara	substanciáramos	substanciarais	substanciaran
	imperfect (se)	substanciase	substanciases	substanciase	substanciásemos	substanciaseis	substanciasen
	future1	substanciare	substanciares	substanciare	substanciáremos	substanciareis	substanciaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		substanciatú substanciávos	substancie	substanciemos	substanciad	substancien
	negative		no substancies	no substancie	no substanciemos	no substanciéis	no substancien

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

    Selected combined forms of substanciar

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 substanciar	dative	substanciarme	substanciarte	substanciarle, substanciarse	substanciarnos	substanciaros	substanciarles, substanciarse
	accusative	substanciarme	substanciarte	substanciarlo, substanciarla, substanciarse	substanciarnos	substanciaros	substanciarlos, substanciarlas, substanciarse
with gerund substanciando	dative	substanciándome	substanciándote	substanciándole, substanciándose	substanciándonos	substanciándoos	substanciándoles, substanciándose
	accusative	substanciándome	substanciándote	substanciándolo, substanciándola, substanciándose	substanciándonos	substanciándoos	substanciándolos, substanciándolas, substanciándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative substancia	dative	substánciame	substánciate	substánciale	substáncianos	not used	substánciales
	accusative	substánciame	substánciate	substáncialo, substánciala	substáncianos	not used	substáncialos, substáncialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative substanciá	dative	substanciame	substanciate	substanciale	substancianos	not used	substanciales
	accusative	substanciame	substanciate	substancialo, substanciala	substancianos	not used	substancialos, substancialas
with formal second-person singular imperative substancie	dative	substáncieme	not used	substánciele, substánciese	substáncienos	not used	substáncieles
	accusative	substáncieme	not used	substáncielo, substánciela, substánciese	substáncienos	not used	substáncielos, substáncielas
with first-person plural imperative substanciemos	dative	not used	substanciémoste	substanciémosle	substanciémonos	substanciémoos	substanciémosles
	accusative	not used	substanciémoste	substanciémoslo, substanciémosla	substanciémonos	substanciémoos	substanciémoslos, substanciémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative substanciad	dative	substanciadme	not used	substanciadle	substanciadnos	substanciaos	substanciadles
	accusative	substanciadme	not used	substanciadlo, substanciadla	substanciadnos	substanciaos	substanciadlos, substanciadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative substancien	dative	substáncienme	not used	substáncienle	substánciennos	not used	substáncienles, substánciense
	accusative	substáncienme	not used	substáncienlo, substáncienla	substánciennos	not used	substáncienlos, substáncienlas, substánciense

Further reading

• “substanciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10