Significato di substitute in italiano

• 0 someone or something that is used instead of another person or thing -- sostituto, -a, surrogato

  • Margarine can be used as a substitute for butter. Si può usare la margarina al posto del burro.

• 1 to use someone or something instead of another person or thing -- sostituire

  • You can substitute pasta for the rice in this recipe. In questa ricetta al posto del riso si può sostituire la pasta.

• 2 to put in, or to take, the place of someone or something else -- sostituire

  • I substituted your name for mine on the list.

• 3 a person or thing used or acting instead of another -- sostituto, supplente

  • Guesswork is no substitute for investigation

  • She is not well enough to play in the tennis match, so we must find a substitute

  • (also adjective) I was substitute headmaster for a term.