{"id":7867,"date":"2014-04-11T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=7867"},"modified":"2014-07-16T14:14:09","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T18:14:09","slug":"improve-your-vocabulary-suffixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/improve-your-vocabulary-suffixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Improve Your Vocabulary: Suffixes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Suffixes are word endings that change the root of such word. We can turn an adjective into a noun, a noun into an adjective, a verb into a noun, a verb into an adject and so on.<\/p>\n

Here are some common examples.<\/p>\n

Transformaci\u00f3n de un adjetivo en un sustantivo<\/strong><\/p>\n

-dez<\/strong>: p\u00e1lido [pale]<\/em> – palidez [paleness]<\/em>
\n-idad<\/strong>: profundo [deep]<\/em> – profundidad [depth]<\/em>
\n-itud<\/strong>: exacto [exact]<\/em> – exactitud [accuracy]<\/em>
\n-ura<\/strong>: blanco [white]<\/em> – blancura [whiteness]<\/em><\/p>\n

Transformaci\u00f3n de un sustantivo en un adjetivo<\/strong><\/p>\n

-al<\/strong>: ministerio [ministery]<\/em> – ministerial [ministerial]<\/em>
\n-ar<\/strong>: familia [family]<\/em> – familiar [familiar]<\/em>
\n-ico<\/strong>: volc\u00e1n [volcano]<\/em> – volc\u00e1nico [volcanic]<\/em>
\n-esco<\/strong>: novela [novel]<\/em> – novelesco [fantastic, bizarre]<\/em>
\n-ivo<\/strong>: sorpresa [surprise]<\/em> – sorpresivo [unexpected]<\/em>
\n-oso<\/strong>: carne [meat]<\/em> – carnoso [thick, fleshy]<\/em>
\n-udo<\/strong>: cuerno [horn]<\/em> – cornudo [horned]<\/em><\/p>\n

Transformaci\u00f3n de un verbo en un sustantivo<\/strong><\/p>\n

-ci\u00f3n<\/strong>: perder [to lose]<\/em> – perdici\u00f3n [ruin, downfall]<\/em>
\n-dero<\/strong>: comer [to eat]<\/em> – comedero [trough]<\/em>
\n-dor<\/strong>: encender [to light]<\/em> – encendedor [lighter]<\/em>
\n-mento<\/strong>: salvar [to save]<\/em> – salvamento [rescue]<\/em>
\n-miento<\/strong>: pensar [to think]<\/em> – pensamiento [thought]<\/em>
\n-torio<\/strong>: interrogar [to question]<\/em> – interrogatorio [interrogation, questioning]<\/em><\/p>\n

Transformaci\u00f3n de un verbo en un adjetivo<\/strong><\/p>\n

-ble<\/strong>: desear [to desire]<\/em> – deseable [desirable]<\/em> \/ creer [to believe]<\/em> – cre\u00edble [believable]<\/em>
\n-dizo<\/strong>: resbalar [to slip]<\/em> – resbaladizo [slippery]<\/em> \/ huir [to escape]<\/em> – huidizo [evasive, shy]<\/em>
\n-dor<\/strong>: trabajar [to work]<\/em> – trabajador [worker]<\/em> \/ beber [to drink]<\/em> – bebedor [drinker, drunkard]<\/em>
\n-nte<\/strong>: estimular [to stimulate]<\/em> – estimulante [stimulating]<\/em> \/ sorprender [to surprise]<\/em> – sorprendente [surprising]<\/em>
\n-tivo<\/strong>: comparar [to compare]<\/em> – comparativo [comparative]<\/em> \/ competir [to compete]<\/em> – competitivo [competitive]<\/em><\/p>\n

Transformaci\u00f3n de un sustantivo en otro sustantivo<\/strong><\/p>\n

-ano<\/strong>: cirug\u00eda [surgery]<\/em> – cirujano [surgeon]<\/em>
\n-al<\/strong>: arena [sand]<\/em> – arenal [sandy area, quicksand]<\/em>
\n-ar<\/strong>: pino [pine]<\/em> – pinar [pine wood, pine forrest]<\/em>
\n-aje<\/strong>: cortina [curtain]<\/em> – cortinaje [curtains]<\/em>
\n-ado<\/strong>: alumno [student]<\/em> – alumnado [student body]<\/em>
\n-era<\/strong>: papel [paper]<\/em> – papelera [wastepaper basket]<\/em>
\n-ero<\/strong>: libro [book]<\/em> – librero [bookcase, bookseller]<\/em>
\n-ario<\/strong>: campana [bell]<\/em> – campanario [bell tower]<\/em>
\n-dor<\/strong>: le\u00f1a [wood]<\/em> – le\u00f1ador [lumberjack]<\/em><\/p>\n

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Suffixes are word endings that change the root of such word. We can turn an adjective into a noun, a noun into an adjective, a verb into a noun, a verb into an adject and so on. Here are some common examples. Transformaci\u00f3n de un adjetivo en un sustantivo -dez: p\u00e1lido [pale] – palidez [paleness]…<\/p>\n

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