sostituire
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sos.ti.tuˈi.re/[1]
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: so‧sti‧tu‧ì‧re
Verb
sostituìre (first-person singular present sostituìsco, first-person singular past historic sostituìi, past participle sostituìto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to substitute (someone/something) [with a ‘for someone/something else’]
- to replace (someone/something) [with con ‘with someone/something else’]
- Synonyms: cambiare, rimpiazzare
- to replace, to take the place of, to stand in for (someone/something) (temporarily or permanently)
Conjugation
Conjugation of sostituìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
- sostituibile
- sostituiente
- sostituirsi
Related terms
References
- ^ sostituire in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading
- sostituire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana