sustantivo

Neapolitan

Etymology

Compare Italian sostantivo, Piedmontese sostantiv.

Noun

sustantivo m (plural sustantive)

1. (grammar) noun

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sustanˈtibo/ [sus.t̪ãn̪ˈt̪i.β̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: sus‧tan‧ti‧vo

Etymology 1

From Latin substantīvus (“substantive”), from substantia (“substance, essence”), from substāns, present active participle of substō (“stand under; exist”), from sub + stō (“stand”).

Alternative forms

• substantivo

Adjective

sustantivo (feminine sustantiva, masculine plural sustantivos, feminine plural sustantivas)

1. substantive

Derived terms

• locución sustantiva
• nombre sustantivo
• oración sustantiva
• verbo sustantivo

 

Noun

sustantivo m (plural sustantivos)

1. noun, substantive

   Synonym: nombre

Derived terms

• sustantivo abstracto
• sustantivo colectivo
• sustantivo común
• sustantivo concreto
• sustantivo contable

 

Etymology 2

Verb

sustantivo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sustantivar

Further reading

• “sustantivo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28