subordinar
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin subōrdināre, from Latin sub- + ōrdinō (“to sort, to order”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.boʁ.d͡ʒiˈna(ʁ)/ [su.boɦ.d͡ʒiˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /su.boɾ.d͡ʒiˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /su.boʁ.d͡ʒiˈna(ʁ)/ [su.boʁ.d͡ʒiˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /su.boɻ.d͡ʒiˈna(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.buɾ.diˈnaɾ/ [su.βuɾ.ðiˈnaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.buɾ.diˈna.ɾi/ [su.βuɾ.ðiˈna.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: su‧bor‧di‧nar
Verb
subordinar (first-person singular present subordino, first-person singular preterite subordinei, past participle subordinado)
- (transitive) to subordinate (to make subservient)
- (transitive) to subordinate (to treat as of less value or importance)
- (transitive, grammar) to be the main clause with regards to a subordinate clause
Conjugation
Conjugation of subordinar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin subōrdināre, from Latin sub- + ōrdinō (“to sort, to order”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suboɾdiˈnaɾ/ [su.β̞oɾ.ð̞iˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: su‧bor‧di‧nar
Verb
subordinar (first-person singular present subordino, first-person singular preterite subordiné, past participle subordinado)
- to subordinate
Conjugation
Conjugation of subordinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of subordinar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive subordinar | dative | subordinarme | subordinarte | subordinarle, subordinarse | subordinarnos | subordinaros | subordinarles, subordinarse |
accusative | subordinarme | subordinarte | subordinarlo, subordinarla, subordinarse | subordinarnos | subordinaros | subordinarlos, subordinarlas, subordinarse | |
with gerund subordinando | dative | subordinándome | subordinándote | subordinándole, subordinándose | subordinándonos | subordinándoos | subordinándoles, subordinándose |
accusative | subordinándome | subordinándote | subordinándolo, subordinándola, subordinándose | subordinándonos | subordinándoos | subordinándolos, subordinándolas, subordinándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative subordina | dative | subordíname | subordínate | subordínale | subordínanos | not used | subordínales |
accusative | subordíname | subordínate | subordínalo, subordínala | subordínanos | not used | subordínalos, subordínalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative subordiná | dative | subordiname | subordinate | subordinale | subordinanos | not used | subordinales |
accusative | subordiname | subordinate | subordinalo, subordinala | subordinanos | not used | subordinalos, subordinalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative subordine | dative | subordíneme | not used | subordínele, subordínese | subordínenos | not used | subordíneles |
accusative | subordíneme | not used | subordínelo, subordínela, subordínese | subordínenos | not used | subordínelos, subordínelas | |
with first-person plural imperative subordinemos | dative | not used | subordinémoste | subordinémosle | subordinémonos | subordinémoos | subordinémosles |
accusative | not used | subordinémoste | subordinémoslo, subordinémosla | subordinémonos | subordinémoos | subordinémoslos, subordinémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative subordinad | dative | subordinadme | not used | subordinadle | subordinadnos | subordinaos | subordinadles |
accusative | subordinadme | not used | subordinadlo, subordinadla | subordinadnos | subordinaos | subordinadlos, subordinadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative subordinen | dative | subordínenme | not used | subordínenle | subordínennos | not used | subordínenles, subordínense |
accusative | subordínenme | not used | subordínenlo, subordínenla | subordínennos | not used | subordínenlos, subordínenlas, subordínense |
Related terms
Further reading
- “subordinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024