Spanish suffixes

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dad / tad

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ty / ness

  • forms abstract nouns

  • e.g. felicidad

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ción / sción

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tion / sion

  • creates action or effect

  • e.g. educación, decisión

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dad / tad

ty / ness

  • forms abstract nouns

  • e.g. felicidad

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ción / sción

tion / sion

  • creates action or effect

  • e.g. educación, decisión

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ista

ist

  • someone who practices something / follower of an idea

  • e.g. pianista, artista, comunista, anarchista

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ero /era

er /or / ist

  • occupation / person associated

  • e.g. panadero, camarera

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or / ora

or / er

  • agent noun / doer

  • actor / profesor

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ario / aria

ary / er

  • role or function

  • e.g. secretario, bibliotecaria

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eza

ness / dom

  • forms a quality or a state

  • e.g. tristeza, belleza

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aje

age

  • collection, group or action

  • equipaje (luggage)

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ez / eza

ness

  • forms abstract noun

  • e.g. niñez (childhood)

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oso / osa

ous

  • full of…

  • e.g. peligroso, maravillosa

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al

al

  • relating to

    • cultural, personal

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ico / ica

ic

  • related to

  • histórico / artística

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ivo / iva

ive

  • inclined to / nature of

  • e.g. creativo, impulsiva

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ente / ante

ent / ant

  • doing an action

  • e.g interesante, persistente

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il

ile

  • capable of

  • e.g. fácil, sutil

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-ito / -ita

-y / -ie / -let

  • diminuitive (smaller, cuter)

  • e.g. casita, perrito

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-ón / -ona

no direct translation

  • augmentative (bigger, stronger)

  • e.g. mujerona

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-mente

-ly

  • turns adjectives into adverbs

  • e.g. rápidamente

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-ear

-ify /-ate / no direct translation

  • to do (from nouns or adjectives)

  • e.g. parquear

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-ecer

-en

  • to become

  • e.g. enriquecer

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-izar

-ize

  • to make or become

  • e.g. organizar