Polyglot Dictionary

restar

/resˈtaɾ/

verb B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
resto
preterite (yo)
resté
past participle
restado

Meaning

  1. to subtract

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

sustraer

sustraer is more formal or mathematical; restar is the everyday word for "to subtract."

Similar in other languages

French

soustraire

soustraire is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to subtract."

Portuguese

subtrair

subtrair is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to subtract."

Practice

1 What does restar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches restar?

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