sustrato
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /susˈtɾato/ [susˈt̪ɾa.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: sus‧tra‧to
Noun
sustrato m (plural sustratos)
- substratum, underlayer
- (biochemistry) substrate (what an enzyme acts upon)
- (biology) substrate (surface on which an organism grows)
- (linguistics) substrate (indigenous language)
- (soil science) subsoil
- Synonym: subsuelo
- (horticulture) potting soil
Related terms
Further reading
- “sustrato”, 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