suplantar
Portuguese, verb/su.plɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
suplantar is spelled S-U-P-L-A-N-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 51,518th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suplantar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to overcome; to beat; to defeat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ser melhor, vencer, ultrapassar”.
What does suplantar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overcome; to beat; to defeat
- 2
to supplant (to replace, to take the place of)
- 3
to exceed (to be better than something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ser melhor, vencer, ultrapassar
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 suplantar
- suplanto first-person present singular
- suplantei first-person preterite singular
- suplantado participle past
- suplantares infinitive second-person singular
- suplantarmos first-person infinitive plural
- suplantardes infinitive plural second-person
- suplantarem infinitive plural third-person
- suplantando gerund
- suplantados masculine participle past
- suplantada feminine participle past
- suplantadas feminine participle past
- suplantas indicative present second-person
- suplanta indicative present singular
- suplantamos first-person indicative plural
- suplantais indicative plural present
- suplantam indicative plural present
- suplantava first-person imperfect indicative
- suplantavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suplantar?
- Brazil /su.plɐ̃ˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [su.plɐ̃ˈta(h)]
- /su.plɐ̃ˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suplantar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suplantar in Portuguese?
suplantar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).