Grammatical class

Verb

subir

(transitive) to suffer

Details

Syllables

su-bir

Phonetics

sy.biʁ

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

2538

Freq. (movies)

3645

Freq. (news)

3442

Sentences

Père va subir une opération.

Father is going to undergo an operation.

A1

Il se décida à subir l'opération.

He decided to have the operation.

A1

Tom vient de subir une opération.

Tom just had surgery.

A1

Il doit subir une opération la semaine prochaine.

He has to have an operation next week.

A1

M. Myriel devait subir le sort de tout nouveau venu dans une petite ville où il y a beaucoup de bouches qui parlent et fort peu de têtes qui pensent.

Monsieur Myriel had to endure the lot of any newcomer in a small town where there are many mouths that talk, and very few heads that think.

B1

Elle se décida à subir l'opération.

She decided to have the operation.

B1

Il a dû subir de nombreuses épreuves.

He had to undergo many trials.

B1

Tom a décidé de subir l'intervention.

Tom has decided to have the surgery.

B1

Elle a dû subir une opération difficile.

She had to undergo a difficult operation.

B1

Je veux subir une lobotomie.

I want to get a lobotomy.

B2

Les Israéliens sont en train de subir leur propre Nakba.

Israelis are having their own Nakba.

B2