sucederle

Sucederle is a Spanish verb phrase used to express that one person takes over another’s position, typically in offices, posts, or formal roles. The base verb suceder means to succeed or come after, and the clitic le marks the person who is being succeeded. The common construction is sucederle a alguien en el cargo or simply sucederle en el cargo, meaning to replace someone in an official post.

Usage and examples:

- El nuevo director sucederá al anterior en el cargo.

- La presidenta dejó el cargo y fue sucedida por su vicepresidente.

- El ministro deberá suceder a su predecesor en la cartera.

Notes on grammar:

- In many contexts, sucederle en el cargo appears in active voice with a different subject rather than as a reflexive form. The pronoun le can be explicit when stressing the person who is being replaced, but it is not always required.

- The expression is predominantly found in formal, political, or corporate language and is less common in everyday speech.

Etymology and related terms:

- Suceder derives from Latin succedere, meaning to go after or to come after. Related words include sucesor (successor), sucesión (succession), y relevo (relevo) or reemplazo (replacement).

See also:

- Sucesión, sucesor, sucesora, reemplazo, relevo. The term highlights institutional or positional transfer rather than inheritance or nonformal following.