# sostreure
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* sostraure

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subtrahere (“to remove”); adapted to inherited treure and with the first syllable altered by analogy with words like sosllevar and soscavar, which contain a prefix derived from the archaic preposition sots.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [susˈtɾɛw.ɾə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [sosˈtɾɛw.ɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [sosˈtɾew.ɾe]

### Verb

sostreure (first-person singular present sostrec or sostrac, first-person singular preterite sostraguí, past participle sostret); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/
* (transitive) to remove, to relieve, to take away
    Res no podrà sostreure a l’esser humà de les tristes condicions de la seva existència: patir i morir.Nothing will be able to relieve human beings of the sad conditions of their existence: to suffer and die.
* (arithmetic, transitive) to subtract
* (transitive) to steal
* (pronominal) to steal away, to get away (from a), to evade, to resist
    Em vaig poder sostreure a l'entorn hostil que hi havia.I was able to escape the hostile environment that was there.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | sostreure | sostreure | sostreure | sostreure | sostreure |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | sostraient | sostraient | sostraient | sostraient | sostraient |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | sostret | sostret | sostreta | sostreta |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | sostrets | sostrets | sostretes | sostretes |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | sostrec, sostrac | sostreus, sostraus | sostreu, sostrau | sostraiem | sostraieu | sostreuen, sostrauen |
| indicative | imperfect | sostreia | sostreies | sostreia | sostrèiem | sostrèieu | sostreien |
| indicative | future | sostrauré | sostrauràs | sostraurà | sostraurem | sostraureu | sostrauran |
| indicative | preterite | sostraguí | sostragueres | sostragué | sostraguérem | sostraguéreu | sostragueren |
| indicative | conditional | sostrauria | sostrauries | sostrauria | sostrauríem | sostrauríeu | sostraurien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | sostregui | sostreguis | sostregui | sostraguem | sostragueu | sostreguin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | sostragués | sostraguessis | sostragués | sostraguéssim | sostraguéssiu | sostraguessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | sostreu, sostrau | sostregui | sostraguem | sostraieu | sostreguin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no sostreguis | no sostregui | no sostraguem | no sostragueu | no sostreguin |

#### Derived terms

* sostreta

#### Related terms

* sostracció
* treure

### Further reading

* “sostreure” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.