subir

Asturian

Verb

subir

1. Alternative form of xubir

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subire, present active infinitive of subeo (“approach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.biʁ/

• audio:

  (file)

Verb

subir

1. (transitive) to suffer
2. (transitive) to undergo, be subjected to
   • 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.i:

     M. Myriel devait subir le sort de tout nouveau venu dans une petite ville où il y a beaucoup de bouches qui parlent et fort peu de têtes qui pensent.

3. (transitive) to have (an operation, medical test etc.); to take (an exam)
4. (transitive) to put up with (someone or something)

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of subir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	subir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	subissant /sy.bi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		subi /sy.bi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	subis /sy.bi/	subis /sy.bi/	subit /sy.bi/	subissons /sy.bi.sɔ̃/	subissez /sy.bi.se/	subissent /sy.bis/
	imperfect	subissais /sy.bi.sɛ/	subissais /sy.bi.sɛ/	subissait /sy.bi.sɛ/	subissions /sy.bi.sjɔ̃/	subissiez /sy.bi.sje/	subissaient /sy.bi.sɛ/
	past historic2	subis /sy.bi/	subis /sy.bi/	subit /sy.bi/	subîmes /sy.bim/	subîtes /sy.bit/	subirent /sy.biʁ/
	future	subirai /sy.bi.ʁe/	subiras /sy.bi.ʁa/	subira /sy.bi.ʁa/	subirons /sy.bi.ʁɔ̃/	subirez /sy.bi.ʁe/	subiront /sy.bi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	subirais /sy.bi.ʁɛ/	subirais /sy.bi.ʁɛ/	subirait /sy.bi.ʁɛ/	subirions /sy.bi.ʁjɔ̃/	subiriez /sy.bi.ʁje/	subiraient /sy.bi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	subisse /sy.bis/	subisses /sy.bis/	subisse /sy.bis/	subissions /sy.bi.sjɔ̃/	subissiez /sy.bi.sje/	subissent /sy.bis/
	imperfect2	subisse /sy.bis/	subisses /sy.bis/	subît /sy.bi/	subissions /sy.bi.sjɔ̃/	subissiez /sy.bi.sje/	subissent /sy.bis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	subis /sy.bi/	—	subissons /sy.bi.sɔ̃/	subissez /sy.bi.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “subir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• rubis

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese subir, sobir, from Latin subīre, present active infinitive of subeō (“approach”).

Verb

1. to ascend, go up
2. to climb
3. (computing) to upload
4. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of subir
5. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of subir

Antonyms

• (upload): descargar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese subir, sobir, from Latin subīre, present active infinitive of subeō (“approach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.ˈbi(ʁ)/
• IPA^(key): /su.ˈβiɾ/
• Hyphenation: su‧bir

Verb

1. to ascend, to go up
2. to climb
3. to upload

Synonyms

• (to ascend): ascender, elevar-se
• (to climb): escalar, trepar

Antonyms

• (to ascend): descer

Related terms

• subida

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin subīre, present active infinitive of subeō (“approach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈbiɾ/ [suˈβ̞iɾ]
• Hyphenation: su‧bir

Verb

1. to go up or come up
2. to raise
3. to climb
4. (computing) to upload

Synonyms

• (upload): colgar

Antonyms

• (upload): descargar

Derived terms

• subir como la espuma
• subirse a las barbas
• subirse al carro

 

Related terms

• subida