What is subordinated is conditioned to something else.
Supeditado is a conjugation of the verb supeditar , whose etymological origin is in the Latin language ( suppeditāre ). Subordination, for its part, refers to the act of achieving subordination , dominance or subjection of one thing to something different.
For example: "The act is subject to weather conditions" , "The government warned that the payment of the bonuses is subject to the judicial decision " , "The coach had made Gómez's return to the team subject to the player apologizing public to his colleagues, something he finally did last night .
A conditioning
It can be said, therefore, that subordinating an action implies conditioning it : it only becomes concrete if something else is fulfilled. Let's say a club plans to host an outdoor event. The organizers, faced with the possibility of rainfall that day, make the decision to make the event subject to the weather, since if it rains while the activities are taking place there will be various inconveniences. Therefore, the club event is subject to meteorological factors.
An international organization, for its part, can make financial aid that it will provide to a country subject to certain economic laws that the government must sanction if it intends to receive the support. Aid, in this way, is subject to the government's decision to promote, or not, the laws requested by the international organization. If these laws are passed, the country will receive aid; otherwise, no.
In everyday life , many things are subordinated: taking a trip may be subject to the organization of one's agenda, the purchase of a car may be subject to collecting an inheritance, etc.
The development of an event may be subject to weather conditions.
The subordinate and domination
It is important to note that the relationship established between both parties is one of relative domination, although it is not active or direct, since the actions of one of them depend on the other. If we say that “the implementation of a program is subordinate to the board of directors” , we have one dominant party actively subordinate to the other, while in the case of a time-dependent trip or event there is no intention.
In any case, what is subordinated is always located at a lower hierarchical level, since its realization is not guaranteed, while the existence of the other part is. This can be seen by studying some of the most common synonyms of the verb subordinate , since they denote the priority of one thing over the other: depend, subordinate, relegate , postpone and condition , all show that the balance is clearly tilted in one direction. .
Similar concepts
Other synonyms that can help us understand this lack of balance are the following: abide, adhere, submit and abide . In this case, these four words are located in the perspective of the object that has been subordinated, since it is this one that must abide by the conditions of the other party, adhere, submit or abide by them.
Having said all this, we must clarify that the contingent participle does not always indicate unfair or unbalanced relationships, but can also be used to highlight the importance of observing before acting. For example, art throughout history generally shows that color has always been subordinate to form, a statement that can be understood as the search for balance by adding color to an already defined form, something that is opposed to what we defined in the previous paragraphs.
Here we are not talking about a greater importance, but rather a respect for the characteristics of the shape to provide it with the color it needs. If we look at it this way, we also notice that avoiding an outdoor activity because of rain does not indicate that the weather is more important than the event, but rather that we want to protect the people who would have participated and the material objects that would have been lost. exposed to water, for example.