sucedáneo

From Latin succēdāneus.

• IPA^(key): /suθeˈdaneo/ [su.θeˈð̞a.ne.o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /suseˈdaneo/ [su.seˈð̞a.ne.o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aneo
• Syllabification: su‧ce‧dá‧ne‧o

sucedáneo (feminine sucedánea, masculine plural sucedáneos, feminine plural sucedáneas)

1. (of a substance) substitute

sucedáneo m (plural sucedáneos)

1. substitute, replacement, stand-in
2. knock-off, imitation

• “sucedáneo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025