substantivar

Galician

Etymology

From substantivo +‎ -ar.

Verb

substantivar (first-person singular present substantivo, first-person singular preterite substantivei, past participle substantivado)

1. to substantivise

Conjugation

    Conjugation of substantivar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	substantivar
Personal	substantivar	substantivares	substantivar	substantivarmos	substantivardes	substantivaren
Gerund
	substantivando
Past participle
Masculine	substantivado			substantivados
Feminine	substantivada			substantivadas
Indicative
Present	substantivo	substantivas	substantiva	substantivamos	substantivades	substantivan
Imperfect	substantivaba	substantivabas	substantivaba	substantivabamos	substantivabades	substantivaban
Preterite	substantivei	substantivaches	substantivou	substantivamos	substantivastes	substantivaron
Pluperfect	substantivara	substantivaras	substantivara	substantivaramos	substantivarades	substantivaran
Future	substantivarei	substantivarás	substantivará	substantivaremos	substantivaredes	substantivarán
Conditional	substantivaría	substantivarías	substantivaría	substantivariamos	substantivariades	substantivarían
Subjunctive
Present	substantive	substantives	substantive	substantivemos	substantivedes	substantiven
Imperfect	substantivase	substantivases	substantivase	substantivásemos	substantivásedes	substantivasen
Future	substantivar	substantivares	substantivar	substantivarmos	substantivardes	substantivaren
Imperative
Affirmative		substantiva	substantive	substantivemos	substantivade	substantiven
Negative (non)		non substantives	non substantive	non substantivemos	non substantivedes	non substantiven

    Reintegrated conjugation of substantivar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	substantivar
Personal	substantivar	substantivares	substantivar	substantivarmos	substantivardes	substantivarem
Gerund
	substantivando
Past participle
Masculine	substantivado			substantivados
Feminine	substantivada			substantivadas
Indicative
Present	substantivo	substantivas	substantiva	substantivamos	substantivades, substantivais	substantivam
Imperfect	substantivava	substantivavas	substantivava	substantivávamos	substantivávades, substantiváveis, substantivávais1	substantivavam
Preterite	substantivei	substantivaste, substantivache1	substantivou	substantivamos	substantivastes	substantivárom, substantivaram
Pluperfect	substantivara	substantivaras	substantivara	substantiváramos	substantivárades, substantiváreis, substantivárais1	substantivaram
Future	substantivarei	substantivarás	substantivará	substantivaremos	substantivaredes, substantivareis	substantivarám, substantivarão
Conditional	substantivaria	substantivarias	substantivaria	substantivaríamos	substantivaríades, substantivaríeis, substantivaríais1	substantivariam
Subjunctive
Present	substantive	substantives	substantive	substantivemos	substantivedes, substantiveis	substantivem
Imperfect	substantivasse	substantivasses	substantivasse	substantivássemos	substantivássedes, substantivásseis	substantivassem
Future	substantivar	substantivares	substantivar	substantivarmos	substantivardes	substantivarem
Imperative
Affirmative		substantiva	substantive	substantivemos	substantivade, substantivai	substantivem
Negative (nom)		nom substantives	nom substantive	nom substantivemos	nom substantivedes, nom substantiveis	nom substantivem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• substantivación

Portuguese

Etymology

From substantivo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(h)], /subs.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [subs.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(h)], /subs.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [subs.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)/, /subs.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /su.biʃ.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [su.biʃ.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(χ)], /subʃ.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [subʃ.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ɻ)/, /subs.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ɻ)/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /subs.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [subs.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(h)], /su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [su.bis.tɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /subʃ.tɐ̃.tiˈvaɾ/ [suβʃ.tɐ̃.tiˈvaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /subʃ.tɐ̃.tiˈvaɾ/ [suβʃ.tɐ̃.tiˈvaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /subʃ.tɐ̃.tiˈbaɾ/ [suβʃ.tɐ̃.tiˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /subʃ.tɐ̃.tiˈva.ɾi/ [suβʃ.tɐ̃.tiˈva.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: subs‧tan‧ti‧var

Verb

substantivar (first-person singular present substantivo, first-person singular preterite substantivei, past participle substantivado)

1. (transitive, grammar) to nominalize, substantivise (to use as a noun (word from another grammatical category))

   Synonym: nominalizar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of substantivar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	substantivar
Personal	substantivar	substantivares	substantivar	substantivarmos	substantivardes	substantivarem
Gerund
	substantivando
Past participle
Masculine	substantivado			substantivados
Feminine	substantivada			substantivadas
Indicative
Present	substantivo	substantivas	substantiva	substantivamos	substantivais	substantivam
Imperfect	substantivava	substantivavas	substantivava	substantivávamos	substantiváveis	substantivavam
Preterite	substantivei	substantivaste	substantivou	substantivamos1, substantivámos2	substantivastes	substantivaram
Pluperfect	substantivara	substantivaras	substantivara	substantiváramos	substantiváreis	substantivaram
Future	substantivarei	substantivarás	substantivará	substantivaremos	substantivareis	substantivarão
Conditional	substantivaria	substantivarias	substantivaria	substantivaríamos	substantivaríeis	substantivariam
Subjunctive
Present	substantive	substantives	substantive	substantivemos	substantiveis	substantivem
Imperfect	substantivasse	substantivasses	substantivasse	substantivássemos	substantivásseis	substantivassem
Future	substantivar	substantivares	substantivar	substantivarmos	substantivardes	substantivarem
Imperative
Affirmative		substantiva	substantive	substantivemos	substantivai	substantivem
Negative (não)		não substantives	não substantive	não substantivemos	não substantiveis	não substantivem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

adjectives

• substantivado

nouns

• substantivação f

Related terms

nouns

• substantivo m

Further reading

• “substantivar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “substantivar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “substantivar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From substantivo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sustantiˈbaɾ/ [sus.t̪ãn̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

substantivar (first-person singular present substantivo, first-person singular preterite substantivé, past participle substantivado)

1. (transitive) alternative form of sustantivar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of substantivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			substantivar
gerund			substantivando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		substantivado		substantivada
		plural		substantivados		substantivadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	substantivo	substantivastú substantivásvos	substantiva	substantivamos	substantiváis	substantivan
	imperfect	substantivaba	substantivabas	substantivaba	substantivábamos	substantivabais	substantivaban
	preterite	substantivé	substantivaste	substantivó	substantivamos	substantivasteis	substantivaron
	future	substantivaré	substantivarás	substantivará	substantivaremos	substantivaréis	substantivarán
	conditional	substantivaría	substantivarías	substantivaría	substantivaríamos	substantivaríais	substantivarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	substantive	substantivestú substantivésvos2	substantive	substantivemos	substantivéis	substantiven
	imperfect (ra)	substantivara	substantivaras	substantivara	substantiváramos	substantivarais	substantivaran
	imperfect (se)	substantivase	substantivases	substantivase	substantivásemos	substantivaseis	substantivasen
	future1	substantivare	substantivares	substantivare	substantiváremos	substantivareis	substantivaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		substantivatú substantivávos	substantive	substantivemos	substantivad	substantiven
	negative		no substantives	no substantive	no substantivemos	no substantivéis	no substantiven

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of substantivar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive substantivar	dative	substantivarme	substantivarte	substantivarle, substantivarse	substantivarnos	substantivaros	substantivarles, substantivarse
	accusative	substantivarme	substantivarte	substantivarlo, substantivarla, substantivarse	substantivarnos	substantivaros	substantivarlos, substantivarlas, substantivarse
with gerund substantivando	dative	substantivándome	substantivándote	substantivándole, substantivándose	substantivándonos	substantivándoos	substantivándoles, substantivándose
	accusative	substantivándome	substantivándote	substantivándolo, substantivándola, substantivándose	substantivándonos	substantivándoos	substantivándolos, substantivándolas, substantivándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative substantiva	dative	substantívame	substantívate	substantívale	substantívanos	not used	substantívales
	accusative	substantívame	substantívate	substantívalo, substantívala	substantívanos	not used	substantívalos, substantívalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative substantivá	dative	substantivame	substantivate	substantivale	substantivanos	not used	substantivales
	accusative	substantivame	substantivate	substantivalo, substantivala	substantivanos	not used	substantivalos, substantivalas
with formal second-person singular imperative substantive	dative	substantíveme	not used	substantívele, substantívese	substantívenos	not used	substantíveles
	accusative	substantíveme	not used	substantívelo, substantívela, substantívese	substantívenos	not used	substantívelos, substantívelas
with first-person plural imperative substantivemos	dative	not used	substantivémoste	substantivémosle	substantivémonos	substantivémoos	substantivémosles
	accusative	not used	substantivémoste	substantivémoslo, substantivémosla	substantivémonos	substantivémoos	substantivémoslos, substantivémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative substantivad	dative	substantivadme	not used	substantivadle	substantivadnos	substantivaos	substantivadles
	accusative	substantivadme	not used	substantivadlo, substantivadla	substantivadnos	substantivaos	substantivadlos, substantivadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative substantiven	dative	substantívenme	not used	substantívenle	substantívennos	not used	substantívenles, substantívense
	accusative	substantívenme	not used	substantívenlo, substantívenla	substantívennos	not used	substantívenlos, substantívenlas, substantívense

Derived terms

• substantivación

Further reading

• “substantivar”, 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