sustantivar
Spanish, verb/sustantiˈbaɾ/
sustantivar is spelled S-U-S-T-A-N-T-I-V-A-R (11 letters). Sustantivar is a Spanish verb meaning “to substantivise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Considerar algo, especialmente un concepto, como sustancia (realidad que existe por sí misma), o tratarlo…”.
What does sustantivar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to substantivise
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Considerar algo, especialmente un concepto, como sustancia (realidad que existe por sí misma), o tratarlo como si lo fuera. 2. Dar carácter y sentido de nombre sustantivo, sea por un cambio en la forma de la palabra o por su uso dentro de una frase.
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 sustantivar
- sustantivo first-person present singular
- sustantivé first-person preterite singular
- sustantivado participle past
- sustantivando gerund
- sustantivada feminine participle past
- sustantivados masculine participle past
- sustantivadas feminine participle past
- sustantivas indicative informal present
- sustantivás indicative informal present
- sustantiva indicative present singular
- sustantivamos first-person indicative plural
- sustantiváis indicative plural present
- sustantivan indicative plural present
- sustantivaba first-person imperfect indicative
- sustantivabas imperfect indicative second-person
- sustantivábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sustantivabais imperfect indicative plural
- sustantivaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sustantivar?
- /sustantiˈbaɾ/
- [sus.t̪ãn̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
- [sust̪ãn̪t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.