substituto

Phonetic: "/meɪl/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: One of the male (masculine) sex or gender.

Phonetic: "/meɪl/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.

Example: a male bird feeding a seed to a female

Definition: Characteristic of this sex/gender. (Compare masculine, manly.)

Example: stereotypically male interests, an insect with typically male coloration

Definition: Tending to lead to or regulate the development of sexual characteristics typical of this sex.

Example: the male chromosome;   like testes, ovaries also produce testosterone and some other male hormones

Definition: (grammar, less common than 'masculine') Masculine; of the masculine grammatical gender.

Definition: Of instruments, tools, or connectors: designed to fit into or penetrate a female counterpart, as in a connector, pipe fitting or laboratory glassware.

Phonetic: "/ˈsʌbstɪtjut/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.

Definition: A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.

Definition: One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.

Phonetic: "/ˈsʌbstɪtjut/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To use in place of something else, with the same function.

Example: I had no shallots so I substituted onion.

Definition: (in the phrase "substitute X for Y") To use X in place of Y.

Example: I had to substitute new parts for the old ones.

Definition: (in the phrase "substitute X with/by Y") To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y.

Example: I had to substitute old parts with the new ones.

Definition: To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.

Example: He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes

Definition: To serve as a replacement (for someone or something).

Phonetic: "/ˈsʌbstɪtjut/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A good that a consumer perceives as similar to another good, which decreases the demand for that other good