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Diminutives in Spanish Posted by Adir on Jan 14, 2010
Spanish uses a lot of diminutives and the Real Academia Española has some rules to form them; check them out. 1. One-syllable words a) ending in a vowel: pie (foot) – -ececito, -ececillo, -ececico, -ecezuelo: piececito. b) ending in a consonant or y: rey (king) – -ecito, -ecillo, -ecico, -ezuelo, -achuelo, -ichuelo: reyecito. 2. Two-syllable…
The suffix -ado/-ada Posted by Adir on Apr 20, 2009
The suffix –ado/-ada can mean “-ful” or “-load”. So, a “cucharada” is a “spoonful (cuchara = spoon). Let’s see some more examples. la barcada – boatload (el barco – boat) la brazada – armful (el brazo – arm); stroke (in swimming) la calderada – cauldron full (la caldera – cauldron, boiler) la camionada – truckload…
Verbs in -ducir Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 18, 2008
We know that a suffix is often added to a word stem to create new words, but that isn’t always the case. Let’s take the example of the suffix –ducir in Spanish and some verbs formed with it: conducir, reducir, deducir, etc. Such verbs are derived from Latin ducere, which meant “to lead”. The examples…