Spanish Verb SUSTITUIR - to substitute. Irregular IR family

Spanish Verb SUSTITUIR: to substitute

The Spanish verb sustituir means 'to substitute' and is an irregular Spanish IR verb.

To remember this, imagine "SUE'S TIT WE'RE going to SUBSTITUTE for a new one!" says the plastic surgeon.

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Read on, below the SUSTITUIR verb table...

to substitute: sustituir
Imagine "SUE'S TIT WE'RE going to SUBSTITUTE
for a new one!" says the plastic surgeon.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE SUSTITUIR - to substitute
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb sustituir
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente substitute	sustituyo	sustituyes	sustituye	sustituimos	sustituís	sustituyen
Imperfect Imperfecto substituted	sustituía	sustituías	sustituía	sustituíamos	sustituíais	sustituían
Preterit Pretérito substituted	sustituí	sustituiste	sustituyó	sustituimos	sustituisteis	sustituyeron
Future Futuro will substitute	sustituiré	sustituirás	sustituirá	sustituiremos	sustituiréis	sustituirán
Conditional Condicional would substitute	sustituiría	sustituirías	sustituiría	sustituiríamos	sustituiríais	sustituirían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may substitute	sustituya	sustituyas	sustituya	sustituyamos	sustituyáis	sustituyan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might substitute	sustituyera	sustituyeras	sustituyera	sustituyéramos	sustituyerais	sustituyeran
	sustituyese	sustituyeses	sustituyese	sustituyésemos	sustituyeseis	sustituyesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb sustituir - to substitute
Imperative Imperativo substitute!		¡sustituye!	¡sustituya!	¡sustituyamos!	¡sustituid!	¡sustituyan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't substitute!		¡no sustituyas!	¡no sustituya!	¡no sustituyamos!	¡no sustituyáis!	¡no sustituyan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb SUSTITUIR Past Participle: sustituido - substituted
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have substituted	he sustituido	has sustituido	ha sustituido	hemos sustituido	habéis sustituido	han sustituido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had substituted	hube sustituido	hubiste sustituido	hubo sustituido	hubimos sustituido	hubisteis sustituido	hubieron sustituido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had substituted	había sustituido	habías sustituido	había sustituido	habíamos sustituido	habíais sustituido	habían sustituido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have substituted	haya sustituido	hayas sustituido	haya sustituido	hayamos sustituido	hayáis sustituido	hayan sustituido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have substituted	habré sustituido	habrás sustituido	habrá sustituido	habremos sustituido	habréis sustituido	habrán sustituido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have substituted	habría sustituido	habrías sustituido	habría sustituido	habríamos sustituido	habríais sustituido	habrían sustituido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have substituted	hubiera sustituido	hubieras sustituido	hubiera sustituido	hubiéramos sustituido	hubierais sustituido	hubieran sustituido
	hubiese sustituido	hubieses sustituido	hubiese sustituido	hubiésemos sustituido	hubieseis sustituido	hubiesen sustituido
Progressive Tenses SUSTITUIR Present Participle: sustituyendo - substituting
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am substituting	estoy sustituyendo	estás sustituyendo	está sustituyendo	estamos sustituyendo	está sustituyendo	están sustituyendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was substituting	estuve sustituyendo	estuviste sustituyendo	estuvo sustituyendo	estuvimos sustituyendo	estuvisteis sustituyendo	estuvieron sustituyendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been substituting	estaba sustituyendo	estabas sustituyendo	estaba sustituyendo	estábamos sustituyendo	estabais sustituyendo	estaban sustituyendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be substituting	estaré sustituyendo	estarás sustituyendo	estará sustituyendo	estaremos sustituyendo	estaréis sustituyendo	estarán sustituyendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría sustituyendo	estarías sustituyendo	estabría sustituyendo	estaríamos sustituyendo	estaríais sustituyendo	estarían sustituyendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been ...ing	que ~ sustituyendo	que ~ sustituyendo	que ~ sustituyendo	que ~ sustituyendo	que ~ sustituyendo	que ~ sustituyendo

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MORE about the SPANISH VERB SUSTITUIR

USING the SPANISH VERB SUSTITUIR

sustituir can also mean: to replace, to stand in for.
sustituir a algo: to replace something.
sustituir algo/a alguien por algo/alguien: to replace somebody/something with somebody/something.

la sustitución (nf): substitution, replacement.
hacer una sustitución: to make a substitution.
el sustituto / la sustituta (nm/f): substitute, replacement.
sustituible (adj): replaceable.

Sustituir el azúcar por miel: to replace sugar with honey.
Fue nombrada em sustitución de María: She was appointed as replacement for María.
Le hice la sustitución porque estaba en vacaciones:I stood in for him because he was on holiday.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular IR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos sustituís
Imperativo: ¡sustituí!

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