"-zão" meaning in Portuguese

See -zão in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈzɐ̃w̃/ [Brazil], [ˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃] [Brazil], /ˈzɐ̃w̃/ [Portugal] Forms: -zões [plural], -zona [feminine], -zonas [feminine, plural], -zona [feminine], -zões [masculine, plural], -zonas [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From -z- + -ão. Akin to Spanish -zón. Etymology templates: {{affix|pt|-z-|-ão}} -z- + -ão, {{cog|es|-zón}} Spanish -zón Head templates: {{pt-noun|m|f=+}} -zão m (noun-forming suffix, plural -zões, feminine -zona, feminine plural -zonas), {{pt-adj}} -zão (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -zona, masculine plural -zões, feminine plural -zonas)
  1. Alternative form of -ão, used especially when the preceding letter is a semivowel or when the word is an oxytone. More generically, used in agglutination, after the entire word, rather than in a fusion. Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: -ão (extra: More generically, used in agglutination, after the entire word, rather than in a fusion), used especially when the preceding letter is a semivowel or when the word is an oxytone (extra: More generically, used in agglutination, after the entire word, rather than in a fusion)

Inflected forms

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      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "-zón"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish -zón",
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  "etymology_text": "From -z- + -ão. Akin to Spanish -zón.",
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    {
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      "form": "-zonas",
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    },
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      "form": "-zona",
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    {
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    {
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      ]
    }
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          "extra": "More generically, used in agglutination, after the entire word, rather than in a fusion",
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        }
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        {
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        {
          "text": "café (“coffee”) + -zão → cafezão (“big coffee”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "caqui (“persimmon”) + -zão → caquizão (“big persimmon”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "pá (“shovel”) + -zona → pazona (“big shovel”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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      "ipa": "/ˈzɐ̃w̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɐ̃w̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "feminine"
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "head_nr": 2,
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        }
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        "Portuguese noun-forming suffixes",
        "Portuguese suffixes",
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        {
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          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "pá (“shovel”) + -zona → pazona (“big shovel”)",
          "type": "example"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɐ̃w̃/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈzɐ̃ʊ̯̃]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɐ̃w̃/",
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        "Portugal"
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}

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