subordinar
Spanish, verb/suboɾdiˈnaɾ/
subordinar is a Spanish verb meaning “to subordinate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sujetar personas o cosas a la dependencia de otras”.
What does subordinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to subordinate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sujetar personas o cosas a la dependencia de otras. 2. Clasificar algunas cosas inferiores en orden respecto de otras. 3. Dicho de un elemento: regir a otro de distinta categoría.
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 subordinar
- subordino first-person present singular
- subordiné first-person preterite singular
- subordinado participle past
- subordinando gerund
- subordinada feminine participle past
- subordinados masculine participle past
- subordinadas feminine participle past
- subordinas indicative informal present
- subordinás indicative informal present
- subordina indicative present singular
- subordinamos first-person indicative plural
- subordináis indicative plural present
- subordinan indicative plural present
- subordinaba first-person imperfect indicative
- subordinabas imperfect indicative second-person
- subordinábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- subordinabais imperfect indicative plural
- subordinaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subordinar?
- /suboɾdiˈnaɾ/
- [su.β̞oɾ.ð̞iˈnaɾ]
- [suβ̞oɾð̞iˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subordinar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subordinar in Spanish?
subordinar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).