substancia

See also: substància and substância

Galician

Alternative forms

• substância (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *staējō

Proto-Italic *staēō

Latin stō

Latin substantis

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin substantiader.

Galician substancia

Derived from Latin substantia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /subsˈtanθja/ [s̺uβ̞s̺ˈt̪an̪.θjɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /subsˈtanθja/ [s̺uβ̞s̺ˈt̪an̪.θjɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /subsˈtansja/ [suβ̞sˈt̪an.sjɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -anθja

• (standard) Rhymes: -anθja
• (seseo) Rhymes: -ansja

• Hyphenation: subs‧tan‧cia

Noun

substancia f (plural substancias)

1. substance; physical matter
2. substance (the essential part of anything)

Related terms

• substancial

Further reading

• “substancia”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “substancia”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Verb

substancia

1. inflection of substanciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subsˈtanθja/ [suβ̞sˈt̪ãn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /subsˈtansja/ [suβ̞sˈt̪ãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: subs‧tan‧cia

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *staējō

Proto-Italic *staēō

Latin stō

Latin substantis

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin substantialbor.

Spanish substancia

Learned borrowing from Latin substantia.

Noun

substancia f (plural substancias)

1. alternative form of sustancia

Etymology 2

Verb

substancia

1. inflection of substanciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “substancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025