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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

sustituto

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sustituto

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Substitute/ˈsʌb.stɪ.tjuːt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2150 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El profesor encontró un sustituto para sus clases."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or thing that takes the place of another.

    "The teacher arranged for a substitute to cover her classes while she was away."
As verb
  1. 1

    To replace one thing with another.

    "You can substitute olive oil for butter in this recipe."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'substitutus', past participle of 'substituere', meaning 'to put in place of', combining 'sub-' (under, in place of) and 'statuere' (to set, place). It entered the English language in the late 14th century initially as a legal and administrative term denoting a person appointed to act for another.

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