sustancia

See also: sustanciá and sustância

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin substantia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /susˈtanθja/ [sus̪ˈt̪ãn̟.θja]
• Rhymes: -anθja
• Syllabification: sus‧tan‧cia

Noun

sustancia f (plural sustancies)

1. substance; physical matter
2. substance (the essential part of anything)
3. character, personality
4. satiety

Further reading

• “sustancia”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /susˈtanθja/ [susˈt̪ãn̟.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /susˈtansja/ [susˈt̪ãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -anθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -ansja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: sus‧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 substantiabor.

Spanish sustancia

Borrowed from Latin substantia.

Alternative forms

• substancia

Noun

sustancia f (plural sustancias)

1. substance

   Synonym: jugo

Derived terms

• cantidad de sustancia
• en sustancia
• sustancia blanca
• sustancia gris
• sustanciar
• sustancioso

Related terms

• sustancial

Etymology 2

Verb

sustancia

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

Further reading

• “sustancia”, 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