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Borrowed from English substitution, French substitution, German Substitution, Italian sostituzione, Russian субститу́ция (substitúcija), Spanish sustitución, ultimately from Latin substitūtiō, from substituere, present active infinitive of substituō.

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  • IPA(key): /sub.sti.tu.ˈt͡sar/, /sub.sti.tu.ˈt͡saɾ/

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substitucar (present tense substitucas, past tense substitucis, future tense substitucos, imperative substitucez, conditional substitucus)

  1. (transitive) to substitute
    Me ne havis ula shaloti do me substitucis per onyono.
    I had no shallots so I substituted onion.
    • 1913, Robert Auerbach, Fr Schneeberger, Hans Moiser, Mondolinguo: Weltsprache - Volumes 6-7, page 56:
      Supozez ke me perdas un lameno (lamo) e ke me substitucas ol per altra ; ol esos sempre la sama kultelo.
      Assume that I would loose a blade and that I substituted it with another ; it would always be the same knife.

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