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transubstanciar

Portuguese, verb/tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/

transubstanciar is spelled T-R-A-N-S-U-B-S-T-A-N-C-I-A-R (15 letters). Transubstanciar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to transubstantiate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mudar a substância de”.

What does transubstanciar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to transubstantiate

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. mudar a substância de 2. realizar a transubstanciação de 3. transformar

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 transubstanciar

  • transubstancio first-person present singular
  • transubstanciei first-person preterite singular
  • transubstanciado participle past
  • transubstanciares infinitive second-person singular
  • transubstanciarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • transubstanciardes infinitive plural second-person
  • transubstanciarem infinitive plural third-person
  • transubstanciando gerund
  • transubstanciados masculine participle past
  • transubstanciada feminine participle past
  • transubstanciadas feminine participle past
  • transubstancias indicative present second-person
  • transubstancia indicative present singular
  • transubstanciamos first-person indicative plural
  • transubstanciais indicative plural present
  • transubstanciam indicative plural present
  • transubstanciava first-person imperfect indicative
  • transubstanciavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce transubstanciar?

  • Brazil /tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃.siˈa(h)]
  • Brazil /tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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