Someterse

Someterse is a Spanish verb used reflexively to indicate that someone subjects themselves to a person, a rule, a process, or a circumstance. It can convey the idea of undergoing something, yielding to authority, or accepting a condition or treatment.

The verb derives from Latin submettere, meaning to place under or subject to. In modern Spanish, someter appears as a transitive verb, while someterse is its pronominal form, used when the subject is the one undergoing the action or process.

Someterse is a pronominal verb and is typically followed by a preposition a and a noun or infinitive indicating what is being undergone or accepted. Common constructions include someterse a una prueba, someterse a un examen, someterse a un tratamiento, someterse a la voluntad de alguien, or someterse a un interrogatorio. It can also appear in a broader sense of submitting to authority or control, as in someterse a las reglas de una organización.

Grammar notes: the reflexive pronouns are required (me, te, se, nos, os, se). Conjugation spans all moods and tenses, with examples such as me someto, te sometes, se somete, nos sometemos, os sometéis, se someten; in the preterite, me sometí, te sometiste, se sometió, etc. In many contexts, the non-reflexive form someter is used for third-person actions on others, while someterse emphasizes the subject’s own submission or endurance.

See also: rendirse, obedecer, someter.