substrato
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /subˈstra.to/
- Rhymes: -ato
- Hyphenation: sub‧strà‧to
Noun
substrato m (plural substrati)
- (biochemistry) substrate (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts)
- substratum (a layer that lies underneath another)
- Synonym: sostràto
Further reading
- substrato in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- substrato in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- substrato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊpˈstraː.toː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [subˈstraː.to]
- Hyphenation: sub‧strā‧tō
Participle
substrātō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of substrātus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin substrātus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /su.bisˈtɾa.tu/, /subsˈtɾa.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /su.biʃˈtɾa.tu/, /subʃˈtɾa.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /subsˈtɾa.to/, /su.bisˈtɾa.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /subʃˈtɾa.tu/ [suβʃˈtɾa.tu]
Noun
substrato m (plural substratos)
- (biochemistry) substrate (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts)
- substratum (a layer that lies underneath another)
Further reading
- “substrato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “substrato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /subˈstɾato/ [suβ̞ˈst̪ɾa.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: sub‧stra‧to
Noun
substrato m (plural substratos)
- uncommon form of sustrato
Further reading
- “substrato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025