sub
Spanish, preposition/ˈsub/
sub is spelled S-U-B (3 letters) and appears 40 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,161st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sub is a Spanish preposition meaning “under” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sub mean in English?
preposition
- 1
under
prefix
- 1
sub-
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. Prefijo que señala una ubicación inferior, o secundariamente parcialidad, atenuación o derivación.
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.
How do you pronounce sub?
- /ˈsub/
- [ˈsuβ̞]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sub
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sub in Spanish?
sub appears 40 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).