subentender
Portuguese, verb/su.bẽ.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
subentender is spelled S-U-B-E-N-T-E-N-D-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese, the 253,762nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Subentender is a Portuguese verb meaning “to understand or perceive something that was not directly stated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “entender algo não explicitamente expresso”.
What does subentender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to understand or perceive something that was not directly stated
Era possível subentender a ameaça em seu discurso.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. entender algo não explicitamente expresso 2. ler nas entrelinhas 3. concluir apenas por pequenos indícios 4. supor, admitir mentalmente, intuir
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of subentender
- subentendo first-person present singular
- subentendi first-person preterite singular
- subentendido participle past
- subentenderes infinitive second-person singular
- subentendermos first-person infinitive plural
- subentenderdes infinitive plural second-person
- subentenderem infinitive plural third-person
- subentendendo gerund
- subentendidos masculine participle past
- subentendida feminine participle past
- subentendidas feminine participle past
- subentendes indicative present second-person
- subentende indicative present singular
- subentendemos first-person indicative plural
- subentendeis indicative plural present
- subentendem indicative plural present
- subentendia first-person imperfect indicative
- subentendias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce subentender?
- Brazil /su.bẽ.tẽˈde(ʁ)/
- Brazil [su.bẽ.tẽˈde(h)]
- /su.bẽ.tẽˈde(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is subentender in Portuguese?
subentender appears about once in every 87 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).