substrato

Italian

Etymology

From sub- +‎ stràto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subˈstra.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: sub‧strà‧to

Noun

substrato m (plural substrati)

1. (biochemistry) substrate (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts)
2. 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 Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊpˈstraː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [subˈstraː.to]
• Hyphenation: sub‧strā‧tō

Participle

substrātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of substrātus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *ster-

Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *str̥néh₃ti

Proto-Italic *stornō

Latin sternō

Latin substernō

Latin substrātuslbor.

Portuguese substrato

Learned borrowing from Latin substrātus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bisˈtɾa.tu/, /subsˈtɾa.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bisˈtɾa.tu/, /subsˈtɾa.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /su.bisˈtɾa.tu/, /subʃˈtɾa.tu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /subʃˈtɾa.tu/ [suβʃˈtɾa.tu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /subʃˈtɾa.tu/ [suβʃˈtɾa.tu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /subʃˈtɾa.tu/

• Rhymes: (Brazil, Portugal) -atu
• Hyphenation: subs‧tra‧to

Noun

substrato m (plural substratos)

1. (biochemistry) substrate (the material or substance on which an enzyme acts)
2. 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)

1. 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