someter
Spanish, verb/someˈteɾ/
someter is spelled S-O-M-E-T-E-R (7 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,987th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Someter is a Spanish verb meaning “to subdue, quell, conquer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dominar, poner bajo autoridad, sujetar, generalmente por la fuerza”.
What does someter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to subdue, quell, conquer
- 2
to subject to
- 3
to subordinate (put under the control of)
- 4
to submit, put forward (an opinion)
- 5
to undergo, to be subjected to (+ a)
someterse a una cirugía
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dominar, poner bajo autoridad, sujetar, generalmente por la fuerza. 2. Hacer que se reciba cierta acción. 3. Presentar algo a alguien para que lo considere, dé su opinión o lo resuelva.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of someter
- someto first-person present singular
- sometí first-person preterite singular
- sometido participle past
- sometiendo gerund
- sometida feminine participle past
- sometidos masculine participle past
- sometidas feminine participle past
- sometes indicative informal present
- sometés indicative informal present
- somete indicative present singular
- sometemos first-person indicative plural
- sometéis indicative plural present
- someten indicative plural present
- sometía first-person imperfect indicative
- sometías imperfect indicative second-person
- sometíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sometíais imperfect indicative plural
- sometían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce someter?
- /someˈteɾ/
- [so.meˈt̪eɾ]
- [someˈt̪eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to someter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is someter in Spanish?
someter appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).