subrogate
/ˈsʌbɹəɡeɪt/verb
subrogate is a verb meaning “To replace one person or thing with another” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-U-B-R-O-G-A-T-E, and it appears about once in every 89 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does subrogate mean?
verb
- 1
To replace one person or thing with another.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce subrogate?
- /ˈsʌbɹəɡeɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of subrogate
- subrogates present, singular, he/she/it
- subrogating participle, present
- subrogated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is subrogate?
Subrogate appears about once in every 89 million words in written English, the 301,415th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Subrogate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to replace one person with another:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | das Recht geht über |
| Portuguese | sub-rogar |
| Spanish | subrogar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does subrogate come from?
Borrowed from Latin subrogātus, perfect passive participle of subrogō, from sub (“under”) + rogō (“to ask, request”). A variant of surrogate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).