transubstanciar

Portuguese

Etymology

From trans- +‎ substância +‎ -ar, formed based o Latin trānssubstantiātiāre, calque of Ancient Greek μετουσίωσις (metousíōsis).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃.siˈa(h)], (faster) /tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃ˈsja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃.siˈa(h)], (faster) /tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃ˈsja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃.siˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃ˈsja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.subʃ.tɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃.subʃ.tɐ̃.siˈa(χ)], (faster) /tɾɐ̃.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃.siˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /tɾɐ̃.subs.tɐ̃ˈsja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaɾ/ [tɾɐ̃.suβʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaɾ/ [tɾɐ̃.suβʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja.ɾi/

Verb

transubstanciar (first-person singular present transubstancio, first-person singular preterite transubstanciei, past participle transubstanciado)

1. to transubstantiate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of transubstanciar (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	transubstanciar
Personal	transubstanciar	transubstanciares	transubstanciar	transubstanciarmos	transubstanciardes	transubstanciarem
Gerund
	transubstanciando
Past participle
Masculine	transubstanciado			transubstanciados
Feminine	transubstanciada			transubstanciadas
Indicative
Present	transubstancio	transubstancias	transubstancia	transubstanciamos	transubstanciais	transubstanciam
Imperfect	transubstanciava	transubstanciavas	transubstanciava	transubstanciávamos	transubstanciáveis	transubstanciavam
Preterite	transubstanciei	transubstanciaste	transubstanciou	transubstanciamos1, transubstanciámos2	transubstanciastes	transubstanciaram
Pluperfect	transubstanciara	transubstanciaras	transubstanciara	transubstanciáramos	transubstanciáreis	transubstanciaram
Future	transubstanciarei	transubstanciarás	transubstanciará	transubstanciaremos	transubstanciareis	transubstanciarão
Conditional	transubstanciaria	transubstanciarias	transubstanciaria	transubstanciaríamos	transubstanciaríeis	transubstanciariam
Subjunctive
Present	transubstancie	transubstancies	transubstancie	transubstanciemos	transubstancieis	transubstanciem
Imperfect	transubstanciasse	transubstanciasses	transubstanciasse	transubstanciássemos	transubstanciásseis	transubstanciassem
Future	transubstanciar	transubstanciares	transubstanciar	transubstanciarmos	transubstanciardes	transubstanciarem
Imperative
Affirmative		transubstancia	transubstancie	transubstanciemos	transubstanciai	transubstanciem
Negative (não)		não transubstancies	não transubstancie	não transubstanciemos	não transubstancieis	não transubstanciem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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