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supeditar

to subordinate

verb soo-peh-dee-TAHR Rare
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Origin: From Latin sub- (under) + pes/pedis (foot) — to place under one's foot.

Also means

to make conditional

Usage Note

Supeditar means to make something dependent on or subservient to something else. It is almost always reflexive in practice: supeditarse a (to be subject to, to defer to). The noun is supeditación. It belongs to formal register — in conversation depender de or someterse a would normally be used instead.

Examples

"Todo se supedita a la decisión final."

Natural Translation

Everything is subordinated to the final decision.

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