English-Spanish translations for substitute

• reemplazar
  No pretende, como ha dicho el ponente, reemplazar a los sistemas de derechos fundamentales de los Estados miembros, sino complementarlos. It is not, as the rapporteur says, a substitute for the fundamental rights systems of the Member States but a complement to them.
  Eso ya ocurrió con las oleaginosas y las proteginosas que, sin embargo, necesitamos para reemplazar a las harinas animales. We saw this in the case of oil- and protein-rich crops which we nonetheless need as substitutes for meat meal.
  Por ello, no estoy de acuerdo con el apartado que dice que los acuerdos no pueden reemplazar nunca a los preceptos jurídicos. I therefore cannot agree with the paragraph which says that agreements can never be a substitute for legislation.
• representante
  Quiero comentar que la disposición sobre los representantes nacionales permite que haya sustitutos. May I remark that the provision on national representatives allows for substitutes?
  Señora Presidenta, hay dos puntos que me gustaría plantear a la Alta Representante o a su sustituto en relación con la situación actual en Sudán. Madam President, there are two points I would like to put to the High Representative or her substitute in relation to the current situation in Sudan.
  Una moratoria en relación con las acciones de combate sería un requisito previo necesario para el inicio de negociaciones entre Belgrado y los representantes de los albaneses de Kosovo. The statements made by the European Parliament are a feeble substitute for the lack of political will being shown by the EU Member States to avoid another tragedy in the Balkans.
• substituir
  No pueden substituir una inspección periódica y rigurosa. They are no substitute for rigorous regular inspection.
• substituto
  Asimismo, podemos trabajar en el descubrimiento de substitutos para las materias primas raras. We can also work on finding substitutes for rare raw materials.
• sustituir
  El apoyo de la UE no puede sustituir los esfuerzos realizados por el sector privado. EU support cannot be a substitute for efforts by the private sector.
  Día a día, se utilizan más los HCPC para sustituir estos CFC. Increasingly, HCFCs are used as a substitute for CFCs.
  No obstante, dicho mecanismo no debe sustituir a los fondos concedidos en el marco de la cooperación al desarrollo. However, the CDM is not a substitute for funding in the framework of development cooperation.
• sustituto
  El comercio de derechos de emisión en este momento me parece una especie de sustituto. I see emissions trading at this time as something of a substitute.
  En verdad, nos alejamos del Programa Urban sin haber creado ningún sustituto para él. In truth we moved away from Urban without a practical substitute in place.
  ¿Disponemos de un sustituto aceptable para el plomo en las pastas de soldadura, por ejemplo? Have we an acceptable substitute for lead solder, for example?

Definition of substitute

• To use in place of something else, with the same function
• To use X in place of Y
• To use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y
• To remove from the field of play and bring on another in his place
• To serve as a replacement (for someone or something
• A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose
• A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so
• One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript

Examples

• I had no shallots so I substituted onion.
• I had to substitute new parts for the old ones.
• I had to substitute old parts with the new ones.
• He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes

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