surrogare

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin surrogāre, alternative form of subrogāre, present active infinitive of subrogō. Cognate with French subroger, Spanish subrogar.

Verb

surrogàre (first-person singular present surrògo or (Latinate pronunciation) sùrrogo, first-person singular past historic surrogài, past participle surrogàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to substitute
    surrogare lo zucchero con l'aspartame ― to substitute sugar with aspartame
    surrogare l'aspartame allo zucchero (less common) ― to substitute aspartame for sugar

Conjugation

Latin

Verb

surrogāre

  1. inflection of surrogō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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