suplente
Spanish, noun/suˈplente/
suplente is spelled S-U-P-L-E-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,181st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suplente is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “substitute, surrogate (person that acts as a substitute)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que suple o sustituye”.
What does suplente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesubstitute, stand-in
noun
- 1
femininemasculinesubstitute, surrogate (person that acts as a substitute)
- 2
femininemasculinesubstitute (player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Que suple o sustituye.
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 suplente
- suplentes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suplente?
- /suˈplente/
- [suˈplẽn̪.t̪e]
- [suˈplẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suplente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suplente in Spanish?
suplente appears 5.5 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).