insubstancial

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin substantiālis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.sups.tən.siˈal]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.sups.tan.siˈal]

Adjective

insubstancial m or f (masculine and feminine plural insubstancials)

insubstantial
Antonym: substancial

Related terms

substància

Further reading

“insubstancial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯], /ĩ.subs.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.subs.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.su.biʃ.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.su.biʃ.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.su.biʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.su.biʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯], /ĩ.subʃ.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.subʃ.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.subs.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.subs.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.subs.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯], /ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃.siˈaw/ [ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsjaw/ [ĩ.su.bis.tɐ̃ˈsjaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjal/ [ĩ.suβʃ.tɐ̃ˈsjaɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.subʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja.li/ [ĩ.suβʃ.tɐ̃ˈsja.li]

Hyphenation: in‧subs‧tan‧ci‧al

Adjective

insubstancial m or f (plural insubstanciais)

insubstantial (not real or strong enough)

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /insubstanˈθjal/ [ĩn.suβ̞s.t̪ãn̟ˈθjal]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /insubstanˈsjal/ [ĩn.suβ̞s.t̪ãnˈsjal]
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: in‧subs‧tan‧cial

Adjective

insubstancial m or f (masculine and feminine plural insubstanciales)

insubstantial

Further reading

“insubstancial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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