subsistir
Spanish, verb/subsisˈtiɾ/
subsistir is spelled S-U-B-S-I-S-T-I-R (9 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,596th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subsistir is a Spanish verb meaning “to subsist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Permanecer, durar una cosa o conservarse”.
What does subsistir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to subsist
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Permanecer, durar una cosa o conservarse. 2. Vivir. 3. Existir con todas las condiciones propias de su ser y naturaleza.
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 subsistir
- subsisto first-person present singular
- subsistí first-person preterite singular
- subsistido participle past
- subsistiendo gerund
- subsistida feminine participle past
- subsistidos masculine participle past
- subsistidas feminine participle past
- subsistes indicative informal present
- subsistís indicative informal present
- subsiste indicative present singular
- subsistimos first-person indicative plural
- subsisten indicative plural present
- subsistía first-person imperfect indicative
- subsistías imperfect indicative second-person
- subsistíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- subsistíais imperfect indicative plural
- subsistían imperfect indicative plural
- subsististe indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subsistir?
- /subsisˈtiɾ/
- [suβ̞.sisˈt̪iɾ]
- [suβ̞sisˈt̪iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to subsistir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is subsistir in Spanish?
subsistir appears 2.0 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).