sustraer
Spanish, verb/sustɾaˈeɾ/
sustraer is spelled S-U-S-T-R-A-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 59,847th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sustraer is a Spanish verb meaning “to subtract” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner algo fuera o lejos de donde estaba”.
What does sustraer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to subtract
- 2
to take away, put aside
- 3
to steal, rob
- 4
(+ de algo) to do away with
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner algo fuera o lejos de donde estaba. 2. Calcular la diferencia aritmética entre dos cantidades o números. 3. Tomar algo (o a alguien) ajeno (que es propiedad de otro) de modo fraudulento, secreto o con engaños.
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 sustraer
- sustraigo first-person present singular
- sustraje first-person preterite singular
- sustraído participle past
- sustrayendo gerund
- sustraída feminine participle past
- sustraídos masculine participle past
- sustraídas feminine participle past
- sustraes indicative informal present
- sustraés indicative informal present
- sustrae indicative present singular
- sustraemos first-person indicative plural
- sustraéis indicative plural present
- sustraen indicative plural present
- sustraía first-person imperfect indicative
- sustraías imperfect indicative second-person
- sustraíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sustraíais imperfect indicative plural
- sustraían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sustraer?
- /sustɾaˈeɾ/
- [sus.t̪ɾaˈeɾ]
- [sust̪ɾaˈeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sustraer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sustraer in Spanish?
sustraer appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).