subsanar
Spanish, verb/subsaˈnaɾ/
subsanar is a Spanish verb meaning “to rectify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Disculpar o excusar un desacierto o delito”.
What does subsanar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rectify
- 2
to offset
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Disculpar o excusar un desacierto o delito. 2. Mitigar las consecuencias indeseables de un problema. 3. Resarcir un daño.
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 subsanar
- subsano first-person present singular
- subsané first-person preterite singular
- subsanado participle past
- subsanando gerund
- subsanada feminine participle past
- subsanados masculine participle past
- subsanadas feminine participle past
- subsanas indicative informal present
- subsanás indicative informal present
- subsana indicative present singular
- subsanamos first-person indicative plural
- subsanáis indicative plural present
- subsanan indicative plural present
- subsanaba first-person imperfect indicative
- subsanabas imperfect indicative second-person
- subsanábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- subsanabais imperfect indicative plural
- subsanaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subsanar?
- /subsaˈnaɾ/
- [suβ̞.saˈnaɾ]
- [suβ̞saˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subsanar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subsanar in Spanish?
subsanar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).