sustraer
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier substraer, borrowed from Latin subtrahere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sustɾaˈeɾ/ [sus.t̪ɾaˈeɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: sus‧tra‧er
Verb
sustraer (first-person singular present sustraigo, first-person singular preterite sustraje, past participle sustraído)
- (transitive, mathematics) to subtract
- (transitive) to take away, put aside
- (transitive) to steal, rob
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 200:
- Para que una persona que se empeña en cambiar de residencia, permanezca en el lugar donde está, todo el tiempo que se desea, no hay sino substraerle, sin que ella lo sepa, alguna prenda de uso personal suyo, y llevársela a una Bruja para que la vuelva piedra.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive) (+ de algo) to do away with
Conjugation
Conjugation of sustraer (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of sustraer (irregular)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive sustraer | dative | sustraerme | sustraerte | sustraerle, sustraerse | sustraernos | sustraeros | sustraerles, sustraerse |
| accusative | sustraerme | sustraerte | sustraerlo, sustraerla, sustraerse | sustraernos | sustraeros | sustraerlos, sustraerlas, sustraerse | |
| with gerund sustrayendo | dative | sustrayéndome | sustrayéndote | sustrayéndole, sustrayéndose | sustrayéndonos | sustrayéndoos | sustrayéndoles, sustrayéndose |
| accusative | sustrayéndome | sustrayéndote | sustrayéndolo, sustrayéndola, sustrayéndose | sustrayéndonos | sustrayéndoos | sustrayéndolos, sustrayéndolas, sustrayéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative sustrae | dative | sustráeme | sustráete | sustráele | sustráenos | not used | sustráeles |
| accusative | sustráeme | sustráete | sustráelo, sustráela | sustráenos | not used | sustráelos, sustráelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative sustraé | dative | sustraeme | sustraete | sustraele | sustraenos | not used | sustraeles |
| accusative | sustraeme | sustraete | sustraelo, sustraela | sustraenos | not used | sustraelos, sustraelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative sustraiga | dative | sustráigame | not used | sustráigale, sustráigase | sustráiganos | not used | sustráigales |
| accusative | sustráigame | not used | sustráigalo, sustráigala, sustráigase | sustráiganos | not used | sustráigalos, sustráigalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative sustraigamos | dative | not used | sustraigámoste | sustraigámosle | sustraigámonos | sustraigámoos | sustraigámosles |
| accusative | not used | sustraigámoste | sustraigámoslo, sustraigámosla | sustraigámonos | sustraigámoos | sustraigámoslos, sustraigámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative sustraed | dative | sustraedme | not used | sustraedle | sustraednos | sustraeos | sustraedles |
| accusative | sustraedme | not used | sustraedlo, sustraedla | sustraednos | sustraeos | sustraedlos, sustraedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative sustraigan | dative | sustráiganme | not used | sustráiganle | sustráigannos | not used | sustráiganles, sustráiganse |
| accusative | sustráiganme | not used | sustráiganlo, sustráiganla | sustráigannos | not used | sustráiganlos, sustráiganlas, sustráiganse | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “sustraer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024