-ona

Macanese: -óna


-ase

pt-noun

-ase f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ases)

(chemistry) -ase (forms the names of enzymes)


-er

pt-verb

-er (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -o, first-person singular preterite -i, past participle -ido)

-o (first-person present singular)
-ido (participle past)
-er (impersonal infinitive)
-er (first-person infinitive singular)
-eres (infinitive second-person singular)
-er (infinitive singular third-person)
-ermos (first-person infinitive plural)
-erdes (infinitive plural second-person)
-erem (infinitive plural third-person)
-endo (gerund)
-ido (masculine participle past singular)
-idos (masculine participle past plural)
-ida (feminine participle past singular)
-idas (feminine participle past plural)
-o (first-person indicative present singular)
-es (indicative present second-person singular)
-e (indicative present singular third-person)
-emos (first-person indicative plural present)
-eis (indicative plural present second-person)
-em (indicative plural present third-person)
-ia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
-ias (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-ia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
-íamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-íeis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-iam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
-i (first-person indicative preterite singular)
-este (indicative preterite second-person singular)
-eu (indicative preterite singular third-person)
-emos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
-estes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
-eram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
-era (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
-eras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
-era (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
-êramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
-êreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
-eram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
-erei (first-person future indicative singular)
-erás (future indicative second-person singular)
-erá (future indicative singular third-person)
-eremos (first-person future indicative plural)
-ereis (future indicative plural second-person)
-erão (future indicative plural third-person)
-eria (conditional first-person singular)
-erias (conditional second-person singular)
-eria (conditional singular third-person)
-eríamos (conditional first-person plural)
-eríeis (conditional plural second-person)
-eriam (conditional plural third-person)
-a (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-as (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-a (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-amos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-ais (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-am (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-esse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
-esses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
-esse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
-êssemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
-êsseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
-essem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
-er (first-person future singular subjunctive)
-eres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
-er (future singular subjunctive third-person)
-ermos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
-erdes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
-erem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
-e (imperative positive second-person singular)
-a (imperative positive singular third-person)
-amos (first-person imperative plural positive)
-ei (imperative plural positive second-person)
-am (imperative plural positive third-person)
não -as (imperative negative second-person singular)
não -a (imperative negative singular third-person)
não -amos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não -ais (imperative negative plural second-person)
não -am (imperative negative plural third-person)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -er, from Latin -ēre. The short -ere of some Latin verbs was reinterpreted as either -er or -ir.

inh+

forms the infinitive of the second-conjugation verbs


-io

pt-adj

-io (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ia, masculine plural -ios, feminine plural -ias)

-ia (feminine)
-ios (masculine plural)
-ias (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -io, from Latin -īvus. Doublet of -ivo.

escorregar (“to slip”) + -io → escorregadio (“slippery”)

arredar (“to withdraw from”) + -io → arredio (“withdrawn, solitary”)

-ive; -y (forms adjectives from verbs, indicating a tendency or inclination)


-io

pt-noun

-io m (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)

mulher (“woman”) + -io → mulherio (“a bunch of women”)


-io

-io m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ios)

(chemistry) -ium (forms the names of chemical elements and isotopes)


-udo

pt-adj

-udo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -uda, masculine plural -udos, feminine plural -udas)

-uda (feminine)
-udos (masculine plural)
-udas (feminine plural)

From Latin -ūtus. Compare Galician -udo, Spanish -udo, Italian -uto, and French -u.

perna (“leg”) + -udo → pernudo (“having big legs”)

cabelo (“hairy”) + -udo → cabeludo (“hairy, long-haired”)

Forms adjectives and nouns from nouns for body parts to indicate that someone or something has a big example of or a large quantity of such parts.

classe (“class”) + -udo → classudo (“classy”)

sorte (“luck”) + -udo → sortudo (“lucky”)

Forms adjectives from abstract nouns to indicate the quality of the given noun; -y.


-cida

pt-noun

-cida m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -cidas)

Borrowed from Latin -cīda, from the base of caedō (“to cut, to strike, to kill”).

fungo (“fungus”) + -cida → fungicida (“fungicide”)


-al

pt-adj

-al m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ais)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -al, from Latin -ālis.

abismo (“abyss”) + -al → abismal (“abyssal; abysmal”)

indústria (“factory; industry”) + -al → industrial (“industrial”)

appended to noun X, forms adjectives meaning “of or relating to X”

angélico (“angelic”) + -al → angelical (“angelical”)

forms synonyms of adjectives containing the suffix -ico


-al

pt-noun

-al m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ais)

ninho (“nest”) + -al → ninhal (“a bunch of nests”)

edito (“edict”) + -al → edital (“notice board”)

appended to noun X, forms nouns meaning “a collection X” or “a large quantity of X”

trigo (“wheat”) + -al → trigal (“wheatfield”)

sobreiro (“cork oak”) + -al → sobreiral (“an orchard of cork oaks”)

pedra (“rock”) + -al → pedregal (“a rocky field”)

colmeia (“beehive”) + -al → colmeal (“a place with many beehives”)

appended to noun X, forms nouns meaning “a place where there is plenty of X” or "field where a plant is cultivated"


-al

From the first syllable of álcool (“alcohol”) and aldeído (“aldehyde”).

(chemistry) forms the names of aldehydes


-oso

pt-adj

-oso (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -osa, masculine plural -osos, feminine plural -osas, metaphonic)

-osa (feminine)
-osos (masculine plural)
-osas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -oso, from Latin -ōsus.


-ar

pt-verb

-ar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -o, first-person singular preterite -ei, past participle -ado)

-o (first-person present singular)
-ei (first-person preterite singular)
-ado (participle past)
-ar (impersonal infinitive)
-ar (first-person infinitive singular)
-ares (infinitive second-person singular)
-ar (infinitive singular third-person)
-armos (first-person infinitive plural)
-ardes (infinitive plural second-person)
-arem (infinitive plural third-person)
-ando (gerund)
-ado (masculine participle past singular)
-ados (masculine participle past plural)
-ada (feminine participle past singular)
-adas (feminine participle past plural)
-o (first-person indicative present singular)
-as (indicative present second-person singular)
-a (indicative present singular third-person)
-amos (first-person indicative plural present)
-ais (indicative plural present second-person)
-am (indicative plural present third-person)
-ava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
-avas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-ava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
-ávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-áveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-avam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
-ei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
-aste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
-ou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
-amos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
-ámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
-astes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
-aram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
-ara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
-aras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
-ara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
-áramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
-áreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
-aram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
-arei (first-person future indicative singular)
-arás (future indicative second-person singular)
-ará (future indicative singular third-person)
-aremos (first-person future indicative plural)
-areis (future indicative plural second-person)
-arão (future indicative plural third-person)
-aria (conditional first-person singular)
-arias (conditional second-person singular)
-aria (conditional singular third-person)
-aríamos (conditional first-person plural)
-aríeis (conditional plural second-person)
-ariam (conditional plural third-person)
-e (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-es (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-e (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-emos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-eis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-em (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-asse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
-asses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
-asse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
-ássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
-ásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
-assem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
-ar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
-ares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
-ar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
-armos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
-ardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
-arem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
-a (imperative positive second-person singular)
-e (imperative positive singular third-person)
-emos (first-person imperative plural positive)
-ai (imperative plural positive second-person)
-em (imperative plural positive third-person)
não -es (imperative negative second-person singular)
não -e (imperative negative singular third-person)
não -emos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não -eis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não -em (imperative negative plural third-person)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ar, from Latin -āre, infinitive ending of first conjugation verbs.

inh+

asfalto (“asphalt”) + -ar → asfaltar (“to asphalt”)

diálogo (“dialogue”) + -ar → dialogar (“to dialogue”)

forms verbs from nouns or adjectives — forms regular first-conjugation verbs in the impersonal infinitive

forms the first-person singular infinitive of first-conjugation verbs

forms the third-person singular infinitive of first-conjugation verbs


-ar

pt-adj

-ar m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -ares)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ar, from Latin āre.

forms adjectives from nouns, especially those that already contain an L; -ar


-ose

pt-noun

-ose f (noun-forming suffix, plural -oses)

Borrowed via Latin from Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis, “state, abnormal condition, or action”), from -όω (-óō) stem verbs + -σις (-sis).

der

(chiefly biology and chemistry) forms the names of actions and processes; -osis

(pathology) forms the names of functional diseases or conditions; -osis

(chemistry) forms the names of sugars; -ose


-a

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -a, from Latin -am.

inh+

uruguaio (“Uruguayan (masculine)”) + -a → uruguaia (“Uruguayan (feminine)”)


-a

Uruguai (“Uruguay”) + -o → uruguaio (“Uruguayan”) + -a → uruguaia (“Uruguayan woman or girl”)

forms feminine nouns from adjectives, indicating people having the quality of the source adjective


-a

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -a, from Latin -at.

amar (“to love”) + -a → ama (“[he/she/it] loves”)

cantar (“to sing”) + -a → canta (“[he/she/it] sings”)

third-person singular
third-person singular#English

a suffix indicating the third-person singular present indicative of a verb in -ar


-a

From Old Galician-Portuguese -a, from Latin -ā.

João, conta-nos o teu apelido.

forms the second-person singular affirmative imperative of verbs ending in -ar


-a

From Old Galician-Portuguese -a, from Latin -am, -eam.

É importante que eu coma carne.

forms the first-person singular present subjunctive of verbs ending in -er and -ir


-a

From Old Galician-Portuguese -a, from Latin -at, -eat.

É importante que ele coma carne.

forms the third-person singular present subjunctive of verbs ending in -er and -ir

Ei você aí, coma carne.

forms the third-person singular affirmative imperative of verbs ending in -er and -ir

Ei você aí, não coma carne.

forms the third-person singular negative imperative of verbs ending in -er and -ir


-a

pt-noun

-a m or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -as)

vestibular + -a → vestiba (“university admittance test”)

vagabundo + -a → vagaba (“loafer”)

(Brazil, slang) used in the end of shortenings


-in

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


-s

Você notou os cabelos dela, são negros e brilhantes e macios...

2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 308:

Did you notice her hair, it's dark and bright and soft...

used to form the regular plural of nouns and adjectives, especially those that end in vowels

-es

after certain consonants and nasal vowels


-s

foi mal (“sorry”) + -s → foi mals (“soz”)

grande coisa (“big deal”) + -s → grandes coisa (“biggie”)

valeu (“thank you”) + -s → valeus (“thanks”)

(Brazil, slang) used to form slangier forms of certain words


-o

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -o, from Latin -um.

inh+

forms masculine singular nouns and adjectives


-o

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -o, from Latin -ō, -eō, -iō. Compare Galician and Spanish -o.

amar (“to love”) + -o → amo (“[I] love”)

a suffix indicating the first-person singular present indicative of -ar

comer (“to eat”) + -o → como (“[I] eat”)

a suffix indicating the first-person singular present indicative of -er

unir (“to unite”) + -o → uno (“[I] unite”)

a suffix indicating the first-person singular present indicative of -ir


-eco

pt-noun

-eco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ecos)

pt-adj

-eco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -eca, masculine plural -ecos, feminine plural -ecas)

-ecos (plural)
-eca (feminine)
-ecos (masculine plural)
-ecas (feminine plural)

livro (“book”) + -eco → livreco (“bad book”)

sono (“sleepiness, sleep”) + -eco → soneca (“nap”)

travesti (“cross-dresser”) + -eco → traveco (“cross-dresser (derogatory)”)

creates diminutives from nouns or adjectives (mainly pejorative)


-os

You noticed her hair, it's dark and brilliant and soft...


-as

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -as, from Latin -ās. Compare Galician and Spanish -as.

inh+

amar (“to love”) + -as → amas (“[you] love”)

cantar (“to sing”) + -as → cantas (“[you] sing”)

a suffix indicating the second-person singular present indicative of -ar


-as

correr (“to run”) + -as → corras (“that you run”)

a suffix indicating the second-person singular present subjunctive of -er

a suffix indicating the second-person singular present subjunctive of -ir


-itude

pt-noun

-itude f (noun-forming suffix, plural -itudes)

Borrowed from Latin -tūdinem. Doublet of -idão.

-itude; -ness (forms abstract nouns, from adjectives, indicating a state or condition)


-i

-ai

for 1st-conjugation verbs and negative imperative for 3rd-conjugation verbs

a suffix indicating the inflection of -ir:

first-person singular preterite indicative


-ico

pt-adj

-ico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ica, masculine plural -icos, feminine plural -icas)

-ica (feminine)
-icos (masculine plural)
-icas (feminine plural)

stressed on the antepenultimate syllable

Learned borrowing from Latin -icus, which forms adjectives of belonging or origin, from Proto-Indo-European *-ikos, *-iḱos.

-ic; -ical (of or relating to [the suffixed noun])


-ico

pt-noun

-ico m (noun-forming suffix, plural -icos, feminine -ica, feminine plural -icas)

-icos (plural)
-ica (feminine)
-icas (feminine plural)

burro (“donkey”) + -ico → burrico (“small donkey”)

verão (“summer”) + -ico → veranico (“Indian summer”)

irregular diminutive suffix, often forming new senses rather than semantic diminutives


-e

Juliano + -e → Juliane


-e

A neologistic suffix that replaces -o and -a in nouns and adjectives.

filho (“son”)/filha (“daughter”) + -e → filhe (“child”)

moço (“young man”)/moça (“young woman”) + -e → moce (“young”)

amigo (“male friend”)/amiga (“female friend”) + -e → amigue (“friend”)

aluno (“male student”)/aluna (“female student”) + -e → alune (“student”)

(gender-neutral, neologism, informal) suffix used to form gender-neutral singular nouns


-ir

pt-verb

-ir (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -o, first-person singular preterite -i, past participle -ido)

-o (first-person present singular)
-ido (participle past)
-ir (impersonal infinitive)
-ir (first-person infinitive singular)
-ires (infinitive second-person singular)
-ir (infinitive singular third-person)
-irmos (first-person infinitive plural)
-irdes (infinitive plural second-person)
-irem (infinitive plural third-person)
-indo (gerund)
-ido (masculine participle past singular)
-idos (masculine participle past plural)
-ida (feminine participle past singular)
-idas (feminine participle past plural)
-o (first-person indicative present singular)
-es (indicative present second-person singular)
-e (indicative present singular third-person)
-imos (first-person indicative plural present)
-is (indicative plural present second-person)
-em (indicative plural present third-person)
-ia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
-ias (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-ia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
-íamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-íeis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-iam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
-i (first-person indicative preterite singular)
-iste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
-iu (indicative preterite singular third-person)
-imos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
-istes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
-iram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
-ira (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
-iras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
-ira (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
-íramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
-íreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
-iram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
-irei (first-person future indicative singular)
-irás (future indicative second-person singular)
-irá (future indicative singular third-person)
-iremos (first-person future indicative plural)
-ireis (future indicative plural second-person)
-irão (future indicative plural third-person)
-iria (conditional first-person singular)
-irias (conditional second-person singular)
-iria (conditional singular third-person)
-iríamos (conditional first-person plural)
-iríeis (conditional plural second-person)
-iriam (conditional plural third-person)
-a (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-as (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-a (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-amos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-ais (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-am (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-isse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
-isses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
-isse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
-íssemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
-ísseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
-issem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
-ir (first-person future singular subjunctive)
-ires (future second-person singular subjunctive)
-ir (future singular subjunctive third-person)
-irmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
-irdes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
-irem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
-e (imperative positive second-person singular)
-a (imperative positive singular third-person)
-amos (first-person imperative plural positive)
-i (imperative plural positive second-person)
-am (imperative plural positive third-person)
não -as (imperative negative second-person singular)
não -a (imperative negative singular third-person)
não -amos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não -ais (imperative negative plural second-person)
não -am (imperative negative plural third-person)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ir, from Latin -īre, the ending of the present active infinitive form of fourth conjugation verbs. In some verbs, it is a reflex of Latin -ere of the third conjugation.

(non-productive) forms the infinitive of the third-conjugation verbs


-algia

pt-noun

-algia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -algias)

From Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain, sorrow”).

der

(pathology) -algia; -algy (pain in the suffixed region)


-ation

Unadapted borrowing from English -ation.

enrolar (“to beat around the bush”) + -ation → enrolation (“beating around the bush”)

faturar (“to profit”) + -ation → faturation (“profits”)

(humorous) used instead of -ação to give the word an air of formality


-ejo

pt-noun

-ejo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ejos)


-x

Somos todxs um.

(now chiefly proscribed) a gender-neutral, normally not pronounced suffix that replaces -o and -a in nouns, adjectives and pronouns


-oma

-oma m (noun-forming suffix, plural -omas)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma).

linfo- (“lympho”) + -oma → linfoma (“lymphoma”)

(pathology) -oma (forms the names of tumours or masses)

bio- (“bio-”) + -oma → bioma (“biome”)

(chiefly biology) -ome (forms the names of masses or sets)


-ez

-ez f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -ezes)

Likely borrowed from Spanish -ez, from Latin -itiem. Doublet of -ice.

-ness (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of ...", "the quality of ...", or "the measure of ...")


-ez

head

-ez (feminine -eza, plural -ezes, feminine plural -ezas)

-eza (feminine)
-ezes (plural)
-ezas (feminine plural)


-ista

pt-noun

-ista m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -istas)

Borrowed from Latin -ista, from Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs).

ambiental (“environmental”) + -ista → ambientalista (“environmentalist”)

zoologia (“zoology”) + -ista → zoologista (“zoologist”)

-ist (person with a particular creative or academic role), appended to the name of this role, or its corresponding adjective

flauta (“flute”) + -ista → flautista (“flautist”)

desenho (“drawing; draught”) + -ista → desenhista (“draughtsman”)

-ist; -man (person who uses or works with a particular tool, instrument or technique), appended to the name of the tool

Calvino (“(John) Calvin”) + -ista → calvinista (“Calvinist”)

Marx (“(Karl) Marx”) + -ista → marxista (“Marxist”)

-ist (one who follows a particular doctrine), appended to the etymon of the doctrine’s name

Norte (“North region of Brazil”) + -ista → nortista (“someone from the North”)

São Paulo + -ista → paulista (“someone from the state of São Paulo”)

(chiefly Brazil) someone from a location

Grêmio (“Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense”) + -ista → gremista (“a supporter of Grêmio”)

Santos (“Santos Futebol Clube”) + -ista → santista (“a supporter of Santos”)


-ista

pt-adj

-ista m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -istas)

Macanese: -ista

Marx (“(Karl) Marx”) + -ista → marxista (“Marxist, relating to Marxism”)

-istic, -ist (of or relating to a particular doctrine), appended to the etymon of the doctrine’s name

Norte (“North region of Brazil”) + -ista → nortista (“of or relating to the North”)

São Paulo + -ista → paulista (“of or relating to the state of São Paulo”)

(chiefly Brazil) of or relating to a location


-ite

pt-noun

-ite f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ites)

(pathology) -itis (forms the names of diseases characterised by inflammation)

(geology, Portugal) -ite (forms the names of rocks and minerals)


-ol

etanol

O 1,2-dimetilciclopentanol tem fórmula molecular C₇H₁₄O.

1,2-dimethilcyclopentanol has the molecular formula C₇H₁₄O.

(chemistry) -ol (forms names of alcohols)


-ei

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ei, from Vulgar Latin *-āī, syncope of Latin -āvī. Cognate with Galician -ei, Spanish -é, and Italian and French -ai.

inh+

amar (“to love”) + -ei → amei (“[I] loved”)

cantar (“to sing”) + -ei → cantei (“[I] sang”)

a suffix indicating the first-person singular preterite indicative of -ar


-ei

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ei, from ei (“I have”).

rezar (“to pray”) + -ei → rezarei (“I will pray”)

a suffix indicating the first-person singular future indicative of -ar, appended to the infinitive

bater (“to beat”) + -ei → baterei (“I will beat”)

a suffix indicating the first-person singular future indicative of -er, appended to the infinitive

rugir (“to roar”) + -ei → rugirei (“I will roar”)

a suffix indicating the first-person singular future indicative of -ir, appended to the infinitive


-ei

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ede, from Latin -ite.

comer (“to eat”) + -ei → comei (“eat (you all)”)

a suffix indicating the second-person plural imperative of -er


-aria

pt-noun

-aria f (noun-forming suffix, plural -arias)

Learned borrowing from Latin -āria. Doublet of -eira and -eria.

pizza (“pizza”) + -aria → pizzaria (“pizzeria”)

forms the names of places where the suffixed product is produced or sold, or the suffixed service is provided; -ery

carpinteiro (“carpenter”) + -aria → carpintaria (“carpentry”)

forms the names of professions associated with the suffixed word; -ery

grito (“scream”) + -aria → gritaria (“cacophony of screams”)

forms collectives, often with a negative connotation

bruxa (“witch”) + -aria → bruxaria (“witchcraft”)

forms nouns indicating behaviour typical of the suffixed type of person


-aria

gritar (“to scream”) + -aria → gritaria (“[I/he/she/it] would scream”)

forms the first-person singular and third-person singular conditional of first-conjugation verbs


-ina

-ina f (noun-forming suffix, plural -inas)


-cele

-cele f (noun-forming suffix, plural -celes)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour, hernia”).

bor+

(pathology) -cele (forms the names of tumours and hernias)


-mente

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -mente, from Latin mente. Compare Galician -mente.

inh+

Francamente, vão acordar todo mundo!

2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban] (Harry Potter; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 336:

Frankly, you are going to wake up everybody!

Attaches to an adjective in the feminine singular to form the corresponding adverb.


-am

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -an, from Latin -ant. Compare Galician and Spanish -an.

amar (“to love”) + -am → amam (“[They] love”)

cantar (“to sing”) + -am → cantam (“[They] sing”)

a suffix indicating the third-person plural present indicative of -ar


-es

From Latin -ēs (2nd conj.), -is (3rd conj.), -īs (4th conj.).

forms the 2ⁿᵈ-person singular present indicative of 2ⁿᵈ and 3ʳᵈ conjugation verbs

forms the 2ⁿᵈ-person singular present subjunctive of 1ˢᵗ conjugation verbs

forms the 2ⁿᵈ-person singular negative imperative of 1ˢᵗ conjugation verbs


-es

From Latin -ēs (accusative plural of masculine and feminine 3rd-declension nouns)

inh

forms the plural of nouns and adjectives ending in -r, -z, stressed -s and of some ending in -n


-es

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ez, further origins unknown. The preferred options are that it was either an internal innovation (from a reanalysis of the genitive in names ending with -ricus, ie. -rici, as naming suffix) or a borrowing from pre-Roman languages (given the various forms the suffix took in the Middle Ages). Compare Spanish -ez.

Fernando + -es → Fernandes (“son of Fernando”)

Henrique + -es → Henriques (“son of Henrique”)

Martim + -es → Martins (“son of Martim”)

Rodrigo + -es → Rodrigues (“son of Rodrigo”)

(no longer productive) -son (a suffix added to a given name to form a patronymic surname)


-mento

pt-noun

-mento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -mentos)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -mento, from Late Latin -mentum, -amentum, from Latin -menta.


-astro

-astro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -astros)


-ais

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ades, with the loss of the intervocalic -d-, from Latin -ātis. Cognate with Galician -ades and Spanish -áis.

inh+

amar (“to love”) + -ais → amais (“[you all/formal you] love”)

cantar (“to sing”) + -ais → cantais (“[you all/formal you] sing”)

a suffix indicating the second-person plural present indicative of -ar


-ais

correr (“to run”) + -ais → corrais (“[that] you all run”)

a suffix indicating the second-person plural present subjunctive of -er

emitir (“to emit”) + -ais → emitais (“[that] you all emit”)

a suffix indicating the second-person plural present subjunctive of -ir


-ai

Amai-vos uns aos outros.

forms the 2ⁿᵈ-person plural affirmative imperative of 1ˢᵗ conjugation verbs; appended to the stem


-dor

pt-noun

-dor m (noun-forming suffix, plural -dores, feminine -dora or -triz, feminine plural -doras or -trizes)

-dores (plural)
-dora (feminine)
-triz (feminine)
-doras (feminine plural)
-trizes (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -dor, from Latin -tōrem (“-er”), from Proto-Italic *-tōr, from Proto-Indo-European *-tōr < *-tor-s.

matar (“to kill”) + -dor → matador (“killer”)


-ino

head

-ino m (feminine -ina, plural -inos, feminine plural -inas)

-ina (feminine)
-inos (plural)
-inas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin -īnus (“-ine”). Doublet of -inho.

diamante (“diamond”) + -ino → diamantino (“relating to diamonds”)

diamante (“diamond”) + -ino → diamantino (“diamond-like”)

-ine; -like (sharing some properties with; similar to)

Nova Iorque (“New York”) + -ino → nova-iorquino (“New Yorker”)

-ine; -er; -ese (forms demonyms (adjectives and nouns))


-ino

(chemistry) -yne (forms the name of unsaturated hydrocarbons having at least one triple bond)


-ino

(particle physics) -ino (forms the name of supersymmetric partners)


-esco

pt-adj

-esco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -esca, masculine plural -escos, feminine plural -escas)

-esca (feminine)
-escos (masculine plural)
-escas (feminine plural)

animal (“animal”) + -esco → animalesco (“animalesque, animal-like”)

livro (“book”) + -esco → livresco (“related to books”)

Forms adjectives that signify comparison, relation or resemblance to the word stem (-like, -esque)


-ear

-ear (impersonal infinitive)
-ear (first-person infinitive singular)
-eares (infinitive second-person singular)
-ear (infinitive singular third-person)
-earmos (first-person infinitive plural)
-eardes (infinitive plural second-person)
-earem (infinitive plural third-person)
-eando (gerund)
-eado (masculine participle past singular)
-eados (masculine participle past plural)
-eada (feminine participle past singular)
-eadas (feminine participle past plural)
-eio (first-person indicative present singular)
-eias (indicative present second-person singular)
-eia (indicative present singular third-person)
-eamos (first-person indicative plural present)
-eais (indicative plural present second-person)
-eiam (indicative plural present third-person)
-eava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
-eavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-eava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
-eávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-eáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-eavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
-eei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
-easte (indicative preterite second-person singular)
-eou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
-eamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
-eámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
-eastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
-earam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
-eara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
-earas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
-eara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
-eáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
-eáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
-earam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
-earei (first-person future indicative singular)
-earás (future indicative second-person singular)
-eará (future indicative singular third-person)
-earemos (first-person future indicative plural)
-eareis (future indicative plural second-person)
-earão (future indicative plural third-person)
-earia (conditional first-person singular)
-earias (conditional second-person singular)
-earia (conditional singular third-person)
-earíamos (conditional first-person plural)
-earíeis (conditional plural second-person)
-eariam (conditional plural third-person)
-eie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-eies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-eie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-eemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-eeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-eiem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-easse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
-easses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
-easse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
-eássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
-eásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
-eassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
-ear (first-person future singular subjunctive)
-eares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
-ear (future singular subjunctive third-person)
-earmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
-eardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
-earem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
-eia (imperative positive second-person singular)
-eie (imperative positive singular third-person)
-eemos (first-person imperative plural positive)
-eai (imperative plural positive second-person)
-eiem (imperative plural positive third-person)
não -eies (imperative negative second-person singular)
não -eie (imperative negative singular third-person)
não -eemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não -eeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não -eiem (imperative negative plural third-person)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ear, from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -izar, which was borrowed.

guerra (“war”) + -ear → guerrear (“to war”)

forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize


-ito

pt-noun

-ito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -itos, feminine -ita, feminine plural -itas)

-itos (plural)
-ita (feminine)
-itas (feminine plural)

Inherited from Late Latin -ittus. Doublet of -eto, -ete, and -eta.


-ito

-ito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -itos)

(geology) -ite (forms the names of rocks and minerals)


-ita

-ita m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -itas)

pt-adj

-ita m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -itas)

Borrowed from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης (-ítēs).

-ite (a follower or adherent of a given person or thing)

-ite (a descendant of a given historical person)

-ite (forms the names of natives of a given place, and adjectives referring to the place)


-ita

pt-noun

-ita f (noun-forming suffix, plural -itas)


-emos

forms the 1ˢᵗ person plural present subjunctive of 1ˢᵗ conjugation verbs

forms the 1ˢᵗ person plural affirmative and negative imperative of 1ˢᵗ conjugation verbs

forms the 1ˢᵗ person plural present indicative of 2ⁿᵈ conjugation verbs

forms the 1ˢᵗ person plural preterite indicative of 2ⁿᵈ conjugation verbs


-ando

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ando, from Latin -andum, forming the masculine singular future passive participle.


-amos

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -amos, from Latin -āmus. Cognate with Galician and Spanish -amos.

falar (“to talk”) + -amos → falamos (“[we] talk”)

matar (“to kill”) + -amos → matamos (“[we] kill”)

a suffix indicating the first-person plural present indicative of -ar

matar (“to kill”) + -amos → matamos (“[we] killed”)

a suffix indicating the (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) first-person plural preterite indicative of -ar


-amos

correr (“to run”) + -amos → corramos (“that we run”)

a suffix indicating the first-person plural present subjunctive of -er

correr (“to run”) + -amos → corramos (“let’s run”)

a suffix indicating the first-person plural imperative of -er


-ido

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ido (displacing the more common form -udo), from Latin -ītus.

cozer (“to cook”) + -ido → cozido (“cooked”)

sorrir (“to smile”) + -ido → sorrido (“smiled”)

forms the masculine singular past participle of 2nd-conjugation (-er) and 3rd-conjugation (-ir) verbs; -ed


-ado

pt-adj

-ado (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)

-ada (feminine)
-ados (masculine plural)
-adas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ado, from Latin -ātus and -ātum, from Proto-Italic *-ātos. Doublet of -ato.

falar (“to speak”) + -ado → falado (“spoken”)

forms the masculine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitives end in -ar

pescar (“to fish”) + -ado → pescado (“which has been fished”)

pescar (“to fish”) + -ado → pescado (“the yield from a fishing trip”)

forms adjectives, from verbs, meaning “that has suffered the action,” and nouns meaning “something or someone who has suffered the action”

farpa (“barb”) + -ado → farpado (“barbed”)

pena (“feather”) + -ado → penado (“feathered”)

forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “which contains the suffixed noun”

amarelo (“yellow, the colour yellow”) + -ado → amarelado (“yellowish”)

azul (“blue, the colour blue”) + -ado → azulado (“bluish”)

forms adjectives, from the names of colours, meaning -ish


-ado

pt-noun

-ado m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ados)

decurião (“decurion”) + -ado → decuriado (“the position of a decurion”)

forms nouns, from the names of types of professionals, meaning the position of being that type of professional; -dom

operário (“worker”) + -ado → operariado (“the class formed by workers”)

forms nouns, from the names of types of professionals, meaning the class formed by those professionals; -ate


-cito

-cito m (noun-forming suffix, plural -citos)

From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “vessel, container”).


-amento

pt-noun

-amento m (noun-forming suffix, plural -amentos)


-ismo

-ismo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ismos)


-ia

-ia f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -ias)

alegre (“joyful”) + -ia → alegria (“joy”)

forms nouns, from adjectives, denoting states, conditions and qualities; -ness; -ity; -y; -hood

acéfalo (“acephalous”) + -ia → acefalia (“acephaly”)

(medicine) forms the names of medical conditions; -y; -ia

governador (“governor”) + -ia → governadoria (“the job or office of a governor”)

forms the names of offices or jobs; -ship

Brasil (“Brazil”) + -ia → Brasília (“Brasilia”)


-ia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ia, from Latin -ēbam (first person) and -ēbat (third person). Cognate with Galician and Spanish -ía.

inh+

comer (“to eat”) + -ia → comia (“[I] used to eat”)

unir (“to unite”) + -ia → unia (“[I] used to unite”)

first-person singular
first-person singular#English

a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -er and -ir

comer (“to eat”) + -ia → comia (“[he/she/it] used to eat”)

unir (“to unite”) + -ia → unia (“[he/she/it] used to unite”)

a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -er and -ir


-ia

Reduced form of havia, imperfect of haver.

comer (“to eat”) + -ia → comeria (“I/he/she/it would eat”)

appended to the infinitive, forms the first-person singular and third-person singular conditional of verbs


-ava

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ava, from Latin -ābam and Latin -ābat. Compare Galician and Spanish -aba.

amar (“to love”) + -ava → amava (“[I] used to love”)

cantar (“to sing”) + -ava → cantava (“[I] used to sing”)

a suffix indicating the first-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar

amar (“to love”) + -ava → amava (“[he/she/it] used to love”)

cantar (“to sing”) + -ava → cantava (“[he/she/it] used to sing”)

a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar


-ivo

pt-adj

-ivo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -iva, masculine plural -ivos, feminine plural -ivas)

-iva (feminine)
-ivos (masculine plural)
-ivas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin -īvus. Doublet of -io.

desporto (“sport”) + -ivo → desportivo (“relating to sports”)

esporte (“sport”) + -ivo → esportivo (“relating to sports”)

excesso (“excess”) + -ivo → excessivo (“excessive”)


-ura

pt-noun

-ura f (noun-forming suffix, plural -uras)

-ness (forms nouns of quality from adjectives)


-avo

doze (“twelve”) + -avo → dozeavo (“one twelfth”)


-asse

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -asse.

inh+

first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of -ar


-ente

pt-adj

-ente m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -entes)

Borrowed from Latin -entem. As a productive suffix, borrowed from Latin, although inherited in a few words.

temer (“to fear”) + -ente → temente (“fearful”)

resplandecer (“to shine”) + -ente → resplandecente (“shining, resplendent”)

-ing, -ent; forms adjectives from verbs ending in -er and -ir


-ente

pt-noun

-ente m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -entes)

verter (“to gush, to spring (water)”) + -ente → vertente (“spring”)

encher (“to fill”) + -ente → enchente (“flood”)

-er, -ent; forms agent nouns from verbs ending in -er and -ir


-endo

Inherited from Latin -endus, forming the masculine singular future passive participle.

forms the gerund of 2ⁿᵈ conjugation verbs


-aste

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -aste, from Latin -āstī, short counterpart to -āvistī. Cognate with Galician -aches and Spanish -aste.

inh+

amar (“to love”) + -aste → amaste (“[you] loved”)

cantar (“to sing”) + -aste → cantaste (“[you] sang”)

second-person singular
second-person singular#English

a suffix indicating the second-person singular preterite indicative of a verb in -ar


-ante

pt-adj

-ante m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -antes)

estimular (“to stimulate”) + -ante → estimulante (“stimulating”)

brilhar (“to shine”) + -ante → brilhante (“brilliant”)

-ing, -ant; forms adjectives from verbs ending in -ar


-ante

pt-noun

-ante m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -antes)

viajar (“to travel”) + -ante → viajante (“voyager, traveler”)

anunciar (“to announce”) + -ante → anunciante (“announcer”)

estimular (“to stimulate”) + -ante → estimulante (“stimulant”)

-er, -ant; forms agent nouns from verbs ending in -ar


-ato

-ato m (noun-forming suffix, plural -atos)

Borrowed from Latin -ātus. Compare the inherited doublet -ado.

(chemistry) -ate (derivative of a salt or ester of an acid whose name ends in -ico)


-ete

From French -ette (feminine of -et (diminutive suffix)), from Latin -itta. In some words, from these related sources:
* English -ette (from the same French etymon)
* the French masculine -et
* Italian -etto (from the same Latin etymon)
Doublet of -ita and -eta.

artigo (“article”) + -ete → artiguete (“a bad article”)

forms the diminutive of nouns; -ette; -let; -ie; -ling

alegre (“joyful”) + -ete → alegrete (“somewhat joyful; tipsy”)

diabro (“devil, demon”) + -ete → diabrete (“imp; pixie”)

farol (“lighthouse”) + -ete → farolete (“small lighthouse”)


-ete

Valdo + -ete → Valdete

forms the female equivalents of some words, most commonly given names


-ano

pt-adj

-ano (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ana, masculine plural -anos, feminine plural -anas)

-ana (feminine)
-anos (masculine plural)
-anas (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin -ānus, influenced by Spanish -ano. Doublet of -ão.

América (“America”) + -ano → americano (“American (of or relating to America)”)

forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of, from or related to the suffixed noun”; -an


-ano

pt-noun

-ano m (noun-forming suffix, plural -anos, feminine -ana, feminine plural -anas)

-anos (plural)
-ana (feminine)
-anas (feminine plural)

América (“America”) + -ano → americano (“American (someone from America)”)

forms nouns, from a placename, denoting someone from that place; -an

Geórgia (“Georgia (country)”) + -ano → georgiano (“Georgian (language)”)

forms nouns, from a placename, denoting the main or traditional language spoken in that place; -an

Immanuel Kant + -ano → kantiano (“Kantian”)

forms nouns, from a person’s name, denoting someone who believes in the religion, philosophy or theory created by that person

Aquário (“Aquarius”) + -ano → aquariano (“Aquarian”)

forms nouns, from the name of a star sign, denoting someone born under that star sign


-ano

-ano m (noun-forming suffix, plural -anos)

Borrowed from French -ane or English -ane.

(organic chemistry) forms the names of saturated hydrocarbons


-eza

-eza f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -ezas)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -eza, from Latin -itia.

belo (“beautiful”) + -eza → beleza (“beauty”)

-ness; -ity (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning “the state of ...”, “the quality of ...”, or “the measure of ...”)


-im

Pronunciation spelling of -inho, representing especially Minas Gerais Portuguese.


-ola

-ola m or f (noun-forming suffix, plural -olas)

sacho (“mattock (agricultural tool)”) + -ola → sachola (“light garden hoe”)

camisa (“shirt”) + -ola → camisola (“camisole”) (Brazil)

gabar (“to brag”) + -ola → gabarola (“braggart”)

gordo (“fat”) + -ola → gordola (“fattie”) (pejorative)

nerd (“nerd”) + -ola → nerdola (“no-life nerd”) (pejorative)

indicates a diminutive, sometimes pejorative


-logia

-logia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -logias)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía).

lbor

cito- + -logia → citologia (“cytology”)

(sciences) -logy (forms the names of scientific fields of study)


-dura

pt-noun

-dura f (noun-forming suffix, plural -duras)


-dora

-dora f (noun-forming suffix, plural -doras)


-eta

In some words from Italian -etta and in others from French -ette. Both come from Latin -itta. Doublet of -ita and -ete.

canção (“song”) + -eta → cançoneta (“short, cheerful song”)

forms the diminutive of feminine nouns, often as an adaptation of French loanwords ending in -ette


-eta

person missing a body part, especially if they have only one part of a pair, such as only one hand or one foot


-patia

-patia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -patias)


-emia

-emia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -emias)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

lbor

(pathology) -aemia (forms the names of conditions affecting the blood or the bloodstream)


-eno

pt-noun

-eno m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enos)

(chemistry) -ene (forms the names of alkenes)


-eno

pt-adj

-eno (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ena, masculine plural -enos, feminine plural -enas)

pt-noun

-eno m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enos, feminine -ena, feminine plural -enas)

-ena (feminine)
-enos (masculine plural)
-enas (feminine plural)
-enos (plural)
-ena (feminine)
-enas (feminine plural)


-eno

Eye dialect spelling of -endo, representing Northeast Brazil Portuguese.


-filia

-filia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -filias)

-philia (forming words meaning liking or loving for something)

(pathology) -philia (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing)


-ou

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ou, from Vulgar Latin *-āut, contracted form of Latin -āvit. Compare Galician -ou, Spanish -ó, and Italian -ò.

inh+

amar (“to love”) + -ou → amou (“[he/she/it] loved”)

cantar (“to sing”) + -ou → cantou (“[he/she/it] sang”)

a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative preterite of a verb in -ar


-nomia

Ultimately from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos).


-fobia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía), combining form of φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

lbor

-phobia (used to form nouns meaning fear)


-ção

pt-noun

-ção f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ções)

→ Konkani: -सांव (-sāuva)

Inherited from Latin -tiōnem. The suffix is in many cases a semi-learned form partially borrowed from Latin to make new words, but also corresponds with the old inherited form that it was based on (as evidenced by words such as coração, canção), which could also be -zão in some cases (e.g. razão, sazão).

comercializar (“to commercialize”) + -ção → comercialização (“commercialization”)

esterilizar (“to sterilize”) + -ção → esterilização (“sterilization”)

diluir (“to dilute”) + -ção → diluição (“dilution”)

perseguir (“to pursue”) + -ção → perseguição (“pursuit”)

compor (“to compose”) + -ção → composição (“composition”)


-ectomia

-ectomia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ectomias)

From the Ancient Greek -εκτομία (-ektomía, “a cutting out of”), from ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō, “to cut out”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).


-oico

pt-adj

-oico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -oica, masculine plural -oicos, feminine plural -oicas)

-oica (feminine)
-oicos (masculine plural)
-oicas (feminine plural)


-ella

pt-noun

-ella f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ellas)


-ex

Used in brand and product names that borrow meaning from the root word.

Used in jocular terms inspired by the above.


-fita

-fita f (noun-forming suffix, plural -fitas)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, “plant”).

bor+

(botany) -phyte (forms the name of plant groupings)


-fono

pt-adj

-fono (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -fona, masculine plural -fonos, feminine plural -fonas)

-fona (feminine)
-fonos (masculine plural)
-fonas (feminine plural)

From Ancient Greek -φωνος (-phōnos), from φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

alófono


-grafo

pt-noun

-grafo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -grafos, feminine -grafa, feminine plural -grafas)

-grafos (plural)
-grafa (feminine)
-grafas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos), from the verb γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).


-logo

pt-noun

-logo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -logos, feminine -loga, feminine plural -logas)

-logos (plural)
-loga (feminine)
-logas (feminine plural)

(sciences) -logist; -logue (forms the names of professionals and scholars working in a given scientific field)


-metro

-metro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -metros)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

lbor

-meter (forms the names of measuring devices)


-filo

pt-noun

-filo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -filos, feminine -fila, feminine plural -filas)

-filos (plural)
-fila (feminine)
-filas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “beloved, loving”).


-filo

pt-adj

-filo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -fila, masculine plural -filos, feminine plural -filas)

-fila (feminine)
-filos (masculine plural)
-filas (feminine plural)


-fobo

pt-noun

-fobo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -fobos, feminine -foba, feminine plural -fobas)

-fobos (plural)
-foba (feminine)
-fobas (feminine plural)


-fobo

pt-adj

-fobo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -foba, masculine plural -fobos, feminine plural -fobas)

-foba (feminine)
-fobos (masculine plural)
-fobas (feminine plural)


-gamia

pt-noun

-gamia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -gamias)


-metria

-metria f (noun-forming suffix, plural -metrias)

From Latin -metria, from Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría), from μέτρον (métron, “measurement”) + -ια (-ia, “-y: forming abstract nouns”)

(sciences) -metry (forming nouns relating to measures and measurement)


-fago

-fago m (noun-forming suffix, plural -fagos)

pt-adj

-fago (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -faga, masculine plural -fagos, feminine plural -fagas)

-fagos (plural)
-faga (feminine)
-fagos (masculine plural)
-fagas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin -phagus, from Ancient Greek φάγος (phágos, “glutton”), from φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”).


-fagia

pt-noun

-fagia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -fagias)

Borrowed from Latin -phagia, from Ancient Greek -φαγία (-phagía), combining form of φαγεῖν (phageîn, “to eat”), infinitive aorist of ἐσθίω (esthíō, “to eat”).


-geno

pt-adj

-geno (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -gena, masculine plural -genos, feminine plural -genas)

-gena (feminine)
-genos (masculine plural)
-genas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).


-geno

pt-noun

-geno m (noun-forming suffix, plural -genos)


-grafia

-grafia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -grafias)


-gramma

-gramma m (noun-forming suffix, plural -grammas)

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of -grama.


-eria

-eria f (noun-forming suffix, plural -erias)

Ultimately from Latin -āria. Doublet of -aria and -eira.

forms the names of places where the suffixed product is produced or sold, or the suffixed service is provided; -ery


-fonia

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”) + -ia.


-ice

pt-noun

-ice f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -ices)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ice (also -ece), from Latin -itiem. The /i/ may reflect influence from -iço. Compare Spanish -ez.

imundo (“filthy”) + -ice → imundice (“filth”)

burro (“dumb”) + -ice → burrice (“dumbness”)

mesmo (“same”) + -ice → mesmice (“sameness”)

forms nouns, from adjectives or nouns, denoting a quality or state; -ity; -ness

gordo (“fat person”) + -ice → gordice (“fat behaviour or act”)

forms nouns denoting an act or behaviour that is typical of the suffixed noun


-agem

-agem f (noun-forming suffix, plural -agens)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -age, from Old French -age or Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum. Final -m and gender change influenced by words such as imagem. Doublet of -ático.

armazenar (“to store”) + -agem → armazenagem (“storage”)

reciclar (“to recycle”) + -agem → reciclagem (“recycling”)

Forms uncountable nouns, from verbs, meaning the practice of doing what is expressed by the verb.

filmar (“to film”) + -agem → filmagem (“an instance of filming”)

lavar (“to wash”) + -agem → lavagem (“a wash”)

Forms nouns, from verbs, meaning an instance of doing what is expressed by the verb.

caipira (“hillbilly”) + -agem → caipiragem (“attitude of a hillbilly”)

picareta (“fraudster”) + -agem → picaretagem (“fraud”)

Forms nouns, from nouns expressing a type of person, meaning attitude or an act expected from that kind of person.

árbitro (“referee”) + -agem → arbitragem (“referees and umpires who attend a match”)

ferro (“iron”) + -agem → ferragem (“ironware”)

Forms nouns, from nouns, meaning a collection of things; -age

por cento (“percent”) + -agem → porcentagem (“percentage”)

persona (“persona”) + -agem → personagem (“character”)

Forms nouns for concepts related to the suffixed word.


-mero

Derived from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros).


-eto

pt-noun

-eto m (noun-forming suffix, plural -etos)

Borrowed from Italian -etto, from Late Latin -ittus. Doublet of -ito, -ete, and -eta.

livro (“book”) + -eto → livreto (“booklet”)

diminutive suffix most commonly found in words loaned from Italian; -ette; -let; -et

quarto (“fourth”) + -eto → quarteto (“quartet”)

nono (“nine”) + -eto → noneto (“nonet”)

consisting of N elements; the stem is usually an ordinal adapted from Italian, a Latinate prefix or, less commonly, a cardinal; -et

sulfeto de zinco

(inorganic chemistry) -ide (binary compound of a nonmetal)


-ada

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ada, from Latin -āta.

falar (“to speak”) + -ada → falada (“spoken”)

forms the feminine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitive ends in -ar


-ada

-ada f (noun-forming suffix, plural -adas)

cadeira (“chair”) + -ada → cadeirada (“blow with a chair”)

faca (“knife”) + -ada → facada (“knifing”)

cabo (“handle”) + -ada → cabada (“blow with a handle”)

forms nouns, from nouns denoting objects, meaning “a strike or blow with the object”

chegar (“to arrive”) + -ada → chegada (“arrival”)

largar (“to start running, in a race”) + -ada → largada (“the start of a race”)

forms nouns, from verbs, denoting the action of the verb

dinheiro (“money”) + -ada → dinheirada (“a vast sum of money”)

bezerro (“calf”) + -ada → bezerrada (“herd of calves”)

forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection or excessive amount of the suffixed noun

colher (“spoon”) + -ada → colherada (“spoonful”)

xícara (“cup”) + -ada → xicarada (“cupful”)

forms nouns, from the names of containers, meaning “as much as can be held by the container”; -ful

feijão (“bean”) + -ada → feijoada (“feijoada”)

coalho (“curd”) + -ada → coalhada (“a dessert made of curd”)

forms nouns, from the names of food, meaning “a dish whose primary ingredient is that food”

laranja (“orange”) + -ada → laranjada (“orange juice”)

marmelo (“quince”) + -ada → marmelada (“quince jam”)

forms nouns, from the name of fruits, meaning “juice or jam made with that fruit”


-pata

-pata m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -patas)


-oide

pt-adj

-oide m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -oides)

pt-noun

-oide m (noun-forming suffix, plural -oides)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek -οειδής (-oeidḗs), compound of -ο- (-o-, thematic vowel) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-id”, adjective-forming suffix denoting likeness), from εἶδος (eîdos, “form, shape”).


-eis

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -edes, with the loss of the intervocalic -d-. Cognate with Galician -edes and Spanish -éis.

inh+

comer (“to eat”) + -eis → comeis (“[you all/formal you] eat”)

esconder (“to hide”) + -eis → escondeis (“[you all/formal you] hide”)

a suffix indicating the second-person plural present indicative of -er


-teca

pt-noun

-teca f (noun-forming suffix, plural -tecas)

Learned borrowing from Latin -theca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “case, scabbard”).


-ame

pt-noun

-ame m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ames)

forms nouns indicating a group or collection of the suffixed thing


-izar

-izar (impersonal infinitive)
-izar (first-person infinitive singular)
-izares (infinitive second-person singular)
-izar (infinitive singular third-person)
-izarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
-izardes (infinitive plural second-person)
-izarem (infinitive plural third-person)
-izando (gerund)
-izado (masculine participle past singular)
-izados (masculine participle past plural)
-izada (feminine participle past singular)
-izadas (feminine participle past plural)
-izo (first-person indicative present singular)
-izas (indicative present second-person singular)
-iza (indicative present singular third-person)
-izamos (first-person indicative plural present)
-izais (indicative plural present second-person)
-izam (indicative plural present third-person)
-izava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
-izavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-izava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
-izávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-izáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-izavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
-izei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
-izaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
-izou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
-izamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
-izámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
-izastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
-izaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
-izara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
-izaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
-izara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
-izáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
-izáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
-izaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
-izarei (first-person future indicative singular)
-izarás (future indicative second-person singular)
-izará (future indicative singular third-person)
-izaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
-izareis (future indicative plural second-person)
-izarão (future indicative plural third-person)
-izaria (conditional first-person singular)
-izarias (conditional second-person singular)
-izaria (conditional singular third-person)
-izaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
-izaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
-izariam (conditional plural third-person)
-ize (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-izes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-ize (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-izemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-izeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-izem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-izasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
-izasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
-izasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
-izássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
-izásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
-izassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
-izar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
-izares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
-izar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
-izarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
-izardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
-izarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
-iza (imperative positive second-person singular)
-ize (imperative positive singular third-person)
-izemos (first-person imperative plural positive)
-izai (imperative plural positive second-person)
-izem (imperative plural positive third-person)
não -izes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não -ize (imperative negative singular third-person)
não -izemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não -izeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não -izem (imperative negative plural third-person)

Borrowed from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -ear and -ejar.

legal (“legal”) + -izar → legalizar (“legalize”)

popular (“popular”) + -izar → popularizar (“popularize”)

laico (“lay”) + -izar → laicizar (“laicize”)

urbano (“urban”) + -izar → urbanizar (“urbanize”)


-ucho

-ucho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -uchos, feminine -ucha, feminine plural -uchas)

-uchos (plural)
-ucha (feminine)
-uchas (feminine plural)

forms diminutives: gorducho, papelucho, casucha


-ario

pt-adj

-ario (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -aria, masculine plural -arios, feminine plural -arias)

pt-noun

-ario m (noun-forming suffix, plural -arios, feminine -aria, feminine plural -arias)

-aria (feminine)
-arios (masculine plural)
-arias (feminine plural)
-arios (plural)
-aria (feminine)
-arias (feminine plural)


-oto

-oto m (noun-forming suffix, plural -otos)


-edo

-edo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -edos)

árvore (“tree”) + -edo → arvoredo (“grove”)


-ejar

pt-verb

-ejar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ejo, first-person singular preterite -ejei, past participle -ejado)

-ejo (first-person present singular)
-ejei (first-person preterite singular)
-ejado (participle past)
-ejar (impersonal infinitive)
-ejar (first-person infinitive singular)
-ejares (infinitive second-person singular)
-ejar (infinitive singular third-person)
-ejarmos (first-person infinitive plural)
-ejardes (infinitive plural second-person)
-ejarem (infinitive plural third-person)
-ejando (gerund)
-ejado (masculine participle past singular)
-ejados (masculine participle past plural)
-ejada (feminine participle past singular)
-ejadas (feminine participle past plural)
-ejo (first-person indicative present singular)
-ejas (indicative present second-person singular)
-eja (indicative present singular third-person)
-ejamos (first-person indicative plural present)
-ejais (indicative plural present second-person)
-ejam (indicative plural present third-person)
-ejava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
-ejavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-ejava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
-ejávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-ejáveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-ejavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
-ejei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
-ejaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
-ejou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
-ejamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
-ejámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
-ejastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
-ejaram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
-ejara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
-ejaras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
-ejara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
-ejáramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
-ejáreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
-ejaram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
-ejarei (first-person future indicative singular)
-ejarás (future indicative second-person singular)
-ejará (future indicative singular third-person)
-ejaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
-ejareis (future indicative plural second-person)
-ejarão (future indicative plural third-person)
-ejaria (conditional first-person singular)
-ejarias (conditional second-person singular)
-ejaria (conditional singular third-person)
-ejaríamos (conditional first-person plural)
-ejaríeis (conditional plural second-person)
-ejariam (conditional plural third-person)
-eje (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-ejes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-eje (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-ejemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-ejeis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-ejem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-ejasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
-ejasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
-ejasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
-ejássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
-ejásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
-ejassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
-ejar (first-person future singular subjunctive)
-ejares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
-ejar (future singular subjunctive third-person)
-ejarmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
-ejardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
-ejarem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
-eja (imperative positive second-person singular)
-eje (imperative positive singular third-person)
-ejemos (first-person imperative plural positive)
-ejai (imperative plural positive second-person)
-ejem (imperative plural positive third-person)
não -ejes (imperative negative second-person singular)
não -eje (imperative negative singular third-person)
não -ejemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não -ejeis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não -ejem (imperative negative plural third-person)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ejar, inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -izar, which was borrowed.

gota (“drop”) + -ejar → gotejar (“to drip”)

-le (forms verbs with the frequentative aspect)

vela (“sail”) + -ejar → velejar (“to sail”)

forms verbs meaning “to use, apply or perform [the suffixed noun]”


-grama

pt-noun

-grama m (noun-forming suffix, plural -gramas)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma).

bor+

-gram (forms the names of documents with recorded information)


-ificar

pt-verb

-ificar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ifico, first-person singular preterite -ifiquei, past participle -ificado)

-ifico (first-person present singular)
-ifiquei (first-person preterite singular)
-ificado (participle past)

Learned borrowing from Latin -ificāre, from facere (“to make; to do”).

falso (“false”) + -ificar → falsificar (“to falsify”)

-ify (forms verbs, from adjectives, indicating process of causing an object to gain the given characteristic)


-dromo

pt-noun

-dromo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -dromos)

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “a course, race course, road”).


-ume

pt-noun

-ume f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -umes)

Ultimately from Latin -ūmen (action noun suffix).

curtir (“to tan”) + -ume → curtume (“tannery”)

queixa (“complaint”) + -ume → queixume

tapar (“to cover”) + -ume → tapume (“siding”)

used to form nouns, derived from verbs, adjectives or other nouns, usually with a collective and pejorative connotation


-ense

Learned borrowing from Latin -ēnsis (“originating in”). Compare the inherited doublet -ês.

lbor

Berlim (“Berlin”) + -ense → berlinense (“Berliner”)

forms the names of residents or inhabitants of a place

Berlim (“Berlin”) + -ense → berlinense (“of or relating to Berlin”)

forms adjectives meaning “of or relating to [the suffixed place]”


-iano

head

-iano m (feminine -iana, plural -ianos, feminine plural -ianas)

-iana (feminine)
-ianos (plural)
-ianas (feminine plural)


-ónimo

pt-noun

-ónimo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ónimos)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα (ónuma), Doric dialectal form of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).


-áceo

pt-adj

-áceo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ácea, masculine plural -áceos, feminine plural -áceas)

pt-noun

-áceo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -áceos, feminine -ácea, feminine plural -áceas)

-ácea (feminine)
-áceos (masculine plural)
-áceas (feminine plural)
-áceos (plural)
-ácea (feminine)
-áceas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin -āceus. Doublet of -aço.

ópio (“opium”) + -áceo → opiáceo (“opiate”)

-aceous (of, relating to, or resembling the thing suffixed)

amaranto (“amaranth”) + -áceo → amarantáceo (“amarantaceous”)

(zoology, especially botany) -aceous (belonging to a taxonomic family or other group)


-cracia

-cracia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -cracias)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -κρατία (-kratía), from κράτος (krátos, “power, rule”).


-plastia

pt-noun

-plastia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -plastias)


-crata

-crata m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -cratas)

From French -crate, back-formed from adjectives ending in -cratique, ultimately from Ancient Greek κράτος (krátos, “might, strength”).


-ecer

pt-verb

-ecer (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -eço, first-person singular preterite -eci, past participle -ecido)

-eço (first-person present singular)
-eci (first-person preterite singular)
-ecido (participle past)
-ecer (impersonal infinitive)
-ecer (first-person infinitive singular)
-eceres (infinitive second-person singular)
-ecer (infinitive singular third-person)
-ecermos (first-person infinitive plural)
-ecerdes (infinitive plural second-person)
-ecerem (infinitive plural third-person)
-ecendo (gerund)
-ecido (masculine participle past singular)
-ecidos (masculine participle past plural)
-ecida (feminine participle past singular)
-ecidas (feminine participle past plural)
-eço (first-person indicative present singular)
-eces (indicative present second-person singular)
-ece (indicative present singular third-person)
-ecemos (first-person indicative plural present)
-eceis (indicative plural present second-person)
-ecem (indicative plural present third-person)
-ecia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
-ecias (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
-ecia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
-ecíamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
-ecíeis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
-eciam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
-eci (first-person indicative preterite singular)
-eceste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
-eceu (indicative preterite singular third-person)
-ecemos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
-ecestes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
-eceram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
-ecera (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
-eceras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
-ecera (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
-ecêramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
-ecêreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
-eceram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
-ecerei (first-person future indicative singular)
-ecerás (future indicative second-person singular)
-ecerá (future indicative singular third-person)
-eceremos (first-person future indicative plural)
-ecereis (future indicative plural second-person)
-ecerão (future indicative plural third-person)
-eceria (conditional first-person singular)
-ecerias (conditional second-person singular)
-eceria (conditional singular third-person)
-eceríamos (conditional first-person plural)
-eceríeis (conditional plural second-person)
-eceriam (conditional plural third-person)
-eça (first-person present singular subjunctive)
-eças (present second-person singular subjunctive)
-eça (present singular subjunctive third-person)
-eçamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
-eçais (plural present second-person subjunctive)
-eçam (plural present subjunctive third-person)
-ecesse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
-ecesses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
-ecesse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
-ecêssemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
-ecêsseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
-ecessem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
-ecer (first-person future singular subjunctive)
-eceres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
-ecer (future singular subjunctive third-person)
-ecermos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
-ecerdes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
-ecerem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
-ece (imperative positive second-person singular)
-eça (imperative positive singular third-person)
-eçamos (first-person imperative plural positive)
-ecei (imperative plural positive second-person)
-eçam (imperative plural positive third-person)
não -eças (imperative negative second-person singular)
não -eça (imperative negative singular third-person)
não -eçamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não -eçais (imperative negative plural second-person)
não -eçam (imperative negative plural third-person)

-en (to make [adjective], to cause to be [adjective])


-dade

pt-noun

-dade f (noun-forming suffix, plural -dades)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -dade, from Latin -tātem, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

Used to form a noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.

Used to form other nouns, especially abstract nouns.


-idade

-idade f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -idades)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -idade, from Latin -itātem, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

desumano (“inhumane”) + -idade → desumanidade (“inhumanity”)

forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating the state, property or quality of conforming to the adjective’s description; -ity; -ness; -hood

côncavo (“concave”) + -idade → concavidade (“concavity”)

forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating something that has the given quality; -ity


-ável

pt-adj

-ável m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -áveis)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -avel, from Latin -ābilis. Compare -able in various other languages; e.g. Sicilian -àvili, for a similar morphology.

cantar (“to sing”) + -ável → cantável (“singable”)

aumentar (“to increase”) + -ável → aumentável (“increasable”)

-able, used to form adjectives from 1st-conjugation verbs


-triz

pt-noun

-triz f (noun-forming suffix, plural -trizes)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin -trīcem (“-rix; -ess”). Displaced inherited Old Galician-Portuguese -driz.

slbor

imperador (“emperor”) + -triz → imperatriz (“empress”)

ator (“actor”) + -triz → atriz (“actress”)


-il

gato (“cat”) + -il → gatil (“kennel for cats”)

rede (“net”) + -il → redil (“sheepfold”)

indicating a place for holding a specified type of animal


-il

pt-adj

-il m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -is)


-ela

pt-noun

-ela f (noun-forming suffix, plural -elas)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ela, from Latin -ella.

rua (“road; street”) + -ela → ruela (“bystreet; alley”)

cana (“cane”) + -ela → canela (“shin”)

via (“way; path”) + -ela → viela (“bystreet; alley”)

cáravo (“a type of mediaeval watercraft”) + -ela → caravela (“caravel”)

escovada (“a brushing”) + -ela → escovadela (“a superficial brushing”)

pincelada (“brushstroke”) + -ela → pinceladela (“a superficial or short brushstroke”)

riscada (“razor strike”) + -ela → riscadela (“a short razor strike”)

forms nouns indicating a superficial or minor action


-ilho

-ilho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ilhos)

From Spanish -illo, from Latin -ellus. Doublet of -elo.

caixa (“box”) + -ilho → caixilho (“window frame”)

trocado (“switched”) + -ilho → trocadilho (“pun”)

andar (“to walk”) + -ilho → andarilho (“hobo”)

forms names of things that share some characteristic with the suffixed word, often carrying a diminutive or belittling aspect


-alha

-alha f (noun-forming suffix, plural -alhas)

Borrowed from Italian -aglia, from Latin -ālia, accusative neuter plural of -ālis.

gente (“people”) + -alha → gentalha (“rabble”)

criança (“child”) + -alha → criançalha (“children behaving inappropriately”)

miúça (“worthless object”) + -alha → miuçalha (“bunch of worthless objects”)

Forms feminine collective pejorative nouns.


-eira

-eira f (noun-forming suffix, plural -eiras)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -eira, from Latin -āria. Doublet of -eria and -aria.

maçã (“apple”) + -eira → macieira (“apple tree”)

batata (“potato”) + -eira → batateira (“potato plant”)

forms the names of plants from the fruits or vegetables it produces


-ã

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ãa, from Latin -āna.

alemão (“German man”) → alemã (“German woman”)

anão (“male dwarf”) → anã (“female dwarf”)

escrivão (“male keeper”) → escrivã (“female keeper”)

forms the feminine of nouns and adjectives ending in -ão


-eiro

-eiro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eiros, feminine -eira, feminine plural -eiras)

-eiros (plural)
-eira (feminine)
-eiras (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -eiro, from Latin -ārius and -ārium, with metathesis of "i" (through a Vulgar Latin form *-airu). Compare Galician -eiro, Spanish -ero. Doublet of the borrowed suffix -ário.

inh+

cozinha (“kitchen”) + -eiro → cozinheiro (“cook”)

aventura (“adventure”) + -eiro → aventureiro (“adventurer”)

companhia (“company”) + -eiro → companheiro (“companion”)

forms nouns from nouns or verbs, denoting someone who works with the suffixed noun or engages in the suffixed verb; -er; -eer

Brasil (“Brazil”) + -eiro → brasileiro (“Brazilian”)

costa (“coast”) + -eiro → costeiro (“someone who lives by the coast”)

forms nouns, from nouns denoting a location or type of location, meaning “someone from the location”

pêssego (“peach fruit”) + -eiro → pessegueiro (“peach tree”)

rosa (“rose”) + -eira → roseira (“rosebush”)

forms nouns from the names of fruits or other plant products, denoting the plant bearing them, usually trees and shrubs

sujo (“filthy”) + -eira → sujeira (“filth”)

besta (“foolish”) + -eira → besteira (“foolery”)

nojo (“disgust”) + -eira → nojeira (“something disgusting”)

(usually feminine) forms nouns, from nouns or adjectives, denoting a state, property or quality of being the suffixed adjective or having the suffixed noun; -ity, -ness

lama (“mud”) + -eiro → lameiro (“place with a lot of mud”)

forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a place where there is plenty of the suffixed noun

atolar (“to bog down”) + -eiro → atoleiro (“place where vehicles bog down frequently”)

forms nouns, from verbs, denoting a place where the suffixed verb is likely to occur

carvalho (“oak”) + -eira → carvalheira (“English oak”)

azinho (“holm oak”) + -eira → azinheira (“holm oak”)

pinho (“pine tree”) + -eiro → pinheiro (“pine tree”)

forms the names of trees, often synonyms

lápis (“pencil”) + -eiro → lapiseiro (“pencil case”)

sal (“salt”) + -eiro → saleiro (“salt cellar”)

forms nouns from nouns, denoting a container for the suffixed noun

carga (“cargo; load”) + -eiro → cargueiro (“which transports cargo”)

navio (“ship”) + negro (“black person”) + -eiro → navio-negreiro (“slave ship”)

petróleo (“petroleum”) + -eiro → petroleiro (“oil tanker”)

forms adjectives meaning “which transports the suffixed noun”, and nouns meaning “a ship which transports the suffixed noun”

maconha (“marijuana”) + -eiro → maconheiro (“stoner; pothead”)

forms nouns, from the name of a drug, denoting someone who is addicted to the drug; -head

metal (“heavy metal”) + -eiro → metaleiro (“metalhead”)

novela (“soap opera”) + -eiro → noveleiro (“fan of soap operas”)

forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a fan of the suffixed noun


-eiro

pt-adj

-eiro (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -eira, masculine plural -eiros, feminine plural -eiras)

-eira (feminine)
-eiros (masculine plural)
-eiras (feminine plural)

Macanese: -êro

Brasil (“Brazil”) + -eiro → brasileiro (“Brazilian”)

costa (“coast”) + -eiro → costeiro (“of the coast”)

forms adjectives meaning “of, from or related to the location”

forms adjectives meaning “which transports the suffixed noun”

metal (“heavy metal”) + -eiro → metaleiro (“metalhead (relational)”)

forms adjectives, from nouns, denoting a fan of the suffixed noun


-ário

-ário (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ária, masculine plural -ários, feminine plural -árias)

-ária (feminine)
-ários (masculine plural)
-árias (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin -ārium and -ārius. Compare the inherited doublet -eiro.

alfândega (“customs (government agency)”) + -ário → alfandegário (“relating to the customs”)

forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “of or related to the suffixed nouns”


-ário

pt-noun

-ário m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ários, feminine -ária, feminine plural -árias)

-ários (plural)
-ária (feminine)
-árias (feminine plural)

adágia (“adage”) + -ário → adagiário (“a book listing adages”)

ficha (“record”) + -ário → fichário (“filing cabinet”)

forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a collection of the suffixed noun

ave (“bird”) + -ário → aviário (“aviary”)

bicicleta (“bicycle”) + -ário → bicicletário (“bike lot”)

forms nouns, from nouns, denoting a place where the suffixed noun is kept

cartório (“office of a notary public”) + -ário → cartorário (“notary public”)

biblioteca (“library”) + -ário → bibliotecário (“librarian”)

expedição (“expedition”) + -ário → expedicionário (“one who partakes in an expedition”)

forms nouns, from nouns, denoting someone who works at or with the suffixed noun; -er; -eer

ângulo (“angle”) + -ário → angulário (“instrument for measuring angles”)

Latin lūna (“moon”) + -ário → lunário (“calendar based on moon phases”)

forms nouns, from nouns, denoting an instrument used to measure the suffixed noun


-ão

-ão m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ões, feminine -ona, feminine plural -onas)

-ões (plural)
-ona (feminine)
-onas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -on, from Latin -ōnem. Akin to Spanish -ón, Italian -one and French -on, compare Romanian -oi.

-zão

after words stressed on the last syllable

livro (“book”) + -ão → livrão (“big book”)

janela (“window”) + -ão → janelona (“big window”)

forms nouns, from nouns denoting things, meaning “big thing,” usually but not necessarily with the same gender

filho (“son”) + -ão → filhão (“used by a father to address his son, when he is proud of the son”)

amigo (“friend”) + -ão → amigão (“a good friend; a true friend”)

forms the augmentative of nouns
used to refer to things affectionately

carro (“car”) + -ão → carrão (“high-performance car”)

calor (“heat”) + -ão → calorão (“intense heat”)

soco (“punch”) + -ão → socão (“powerful punch”)

forms nouns, from nouns, implying that the suffixed noun is powerful or good

cabeludo (“long-haired (adjective); long-haired person (noun)”) + -ão → cabeludão (“person with very long hair”)

in nouns that are formed from, or homonymous with, an adjective, it augments the quality expressed by the adjective

abelha (“bee (any sex)”) + -ão → abelhão (“drone”)

cabra (“she-goat”) + -ão → cabrão (“billy goat”)

forms the masculine of animal names (whether the animal refers to females or to males and females)

calça (“pants”) + -ão → calção (“shorts”)

agulha (“needle”) + -ão → agulhão (“sharp rock on a riverbed”)

fogo (“fire”) + -ão → fogão (“stove”)

forms nouns, from nouns, denoting an item of the same class as the suffixed noun, or which shares a characteristic with the suffixed noun

quarenta (“forty”) + -ão → quarentão (“someone in his forties”)

(slang) forms nouns, from a numeral X divisible by ten and greater than thirty, meaning “someone in his Xs”

arrastar (“to drag”) + -ão → arrastão (“an instance of violently dragging something”)

puxar (“to pull”) + -ão → puxão (“a strong or violent pull”)

pisar (“to step”) + -ão → pisão (“a strong or violent step”)

forms nouns, from a verb X, meaning a strong or violent instance of doing X

fugir (“to flee”) + -ão → fujão (“someone who flees from something”)

cagar (“to shit”) + -ão → cagão (“someone who shits upon something, a coward”)

mijar (“to piss”) + -ão → mijão (“someone who wets themselves”)

arregar (“to back off”) + -ão → arregão (“someone who backs off from a challenge, a quitter”)

(informal, derogatory) forms nouns, from a verb X, meaning an agent of such verb

cinco (“five”) + -ão → cincão (“five bucks”)

mil (“thousand”) + -ão → milzão (“a thousand bucks”)

(Brazil, slang) forms nouns, from a numeral X, meaning “X amount of money” or “a bill worth X”


-ão

pt-adj

-ão (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ona, masculine plural -ões, feminine plural -onas)

-ona (feminine)
-ões (masculine plural)
-onas (feminine plural)

grande (“big”) + -ão → grandão (“quite big”)

(somewhat informal) forms the augmentative of adjectives, roughly equivalent to English quite


-ão

pt-noun

-ão m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ãos, feminine -ã, feminine plural -ãs)

pt-adj

-ão (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ã, masculine plural -ãos, feminine plural -ãs)

-ãos (plural)
-ã (feminine)
-ãs (feminine plural)
-ã (feminine)
-ãos (masculine plural)
-ãs (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ão, from Latin -ānus (“-ian”). Doublet of -ano.

vila (“village”) + -ão → vilão (“villager”)

cidade (“city”) + -ão → cidadão (“citizen”)

Beira (“a region in Portugal”) + -ão → beirão (“relating to Beira”, “someone from Beira”)

(no longer productive) forms adjectives, nouns and proper nouns referring to a location or type of location, meaning “of or relating to that location” and nouns meaning “someone from that location”


-ão

pt-noun

-ão m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ões)

magnete (“magnet”) + -ão → magnetão (“magneton”)

-on (forming nouns denoting subatomic particles)


-ão

From Old Galician-Portuguese -an, from an (modern Portuguese: hão) from Latin habent, third-person plural present indicative of habeō (“to have”).

falar (“to speak”) + -ão → falarão (“(they) will speak”)

comer (“to eat”) + -ão → comerão (“(they) will eat”)

sorrir (“to smile”) + -ão → sorrirão (“(they) will smile”)

forms the third-person plural future indicative, from the infinitive of verbs


-ão

Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of -am., now a common misspelling


-inho

-inho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -inhos, feminine -inha, feminine plural -inhas)

-inhos (plural)
-inha (feminine)
-inhas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ỹo, from Latin -īnus (“of or relating to”). Compare Italian -ino, French -in, both diminutive suffixes. Doublet of -ino.

casa (“house”) + -inha → casinha (“small house”)

criança (“child”) + -inha → criancinha (“young child”)

texto (“text”) + -inho → textinho (“short text”)

pipoca (“popcorn”) + -inha → pipoquinha (“a small portion of popcorn”)

see :Category:Portuguese diminutive suffixes

forms the diminutive of nouns; -ie; -y; -ling; -let

indicates smallness, shortness, youth, fewness, etc.

time (“sports team”) + -inho → timinho (“a bad sports team”)

país (“country; nation”) + -inho → paisinho (“a country of little importance; a powerless country”)

cachorro (“dog”) + -inho → cachorrinho (“doggy”)

terra (“homeland”) + -inho → terrinha (“land; country”)


-inho

pt-adj

-inho (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -inha, masculine plural -inhos, feminine plural -inhas)

-inha (feminine)
-inhos (masculine plural)
-inhas (feminine plural)

grande (“big”) + -inho → grandinho (“somewhat big”)

(somewhat informal) forms the diminutive of adjectives and adverbs, roughly equivalent to English somewhat or kind of


-inho

aquele (“that one”) + -z- -inho → aquelezinho (“that small one”)

(informal) forms the diminutive of pronouns

forms the diminutive of pronouns
indicates smallness

eu (“I”) + -z- -inho → euzinho (“I … myself”)

intensifies or emphasises personal pronouns


-inho

chovendo (“raining”) + -inho → chovendinho (“drizzling”)

namorando (“dating”) + -inho → namorandinho (“having an uncommitted romantic relationship”)

(Brazil, colloquial, regional) forms the diminutive of gerunds, indicating a lack of intensity or seriousness


-eu

-eu (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -eia, masculine plural -eus, feminine plural -eias)

-eia (feminine)
-eus (masculine plural)
-eias (feminine plural)

From Latin -eus. Cognate with Spanish -eo, English -eous.

a suffix for people used for some nationalities, philosophical visions, etc., e.g. ateu (“atheist”), egeu (“Aegean”), europeu (“European”), judeu (“Jewish”)


-lógico

-lógico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -lógica, masculine plural -lógicos, feminine plural -lógicas)

-lógica (feminine)
-lógicos (masculine plural)
-lógicas (feminine plural)

-logical; -logic (forms adjectives relating to scientific fields that end in -logia)


-indo

From Latin -endus, forming the masculine singular future passive participle, with the thematic vowel of Portuguese third-conjugation verbs.

forms the gerund of 3ʳᵈ conjugation verbs


-ergia

pt-noun

-ergia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ergias)


-ização

-ização f (noun-forming suffix, plural -izações)

-ization (act, process, or result of doing something)


-ação

-ação f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ações)

From Latin -ātiōnem, an alternative form of -tiō. By surface analysis, -ar + -ção.


-idão

-idão f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -idões)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -idõe, from Latin -(i)tūdinem. Doublet of -itude.

grato (“grateful”) + -idão → gratidão (“gratitude”)

pronto (“ready”) + -idão → prontidão (“readiness”)

-itude; -ness (forms abstract nouns, from adjectives, indicating a state or condition)


-ança

-ança f (noun-forming suffix, plural -anças)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ança, from Latin -antia. Doublet of -ância. Cognate of Spanish -anza, French -ance and Italian -anza.

a particularly excessive or overindulgent state, as in festança and comilança


-ível

pt-adj

-ível m or f (adjective-forming suffix, plural -íveis)

mover (“to move”) + -ível → movível (“moveable”)

esquecer (“to forget”) + -ível → esquecível (“forgetable”)

transpor (“to transpose, to transverse”) + -ível → transponível (“transposable, transversable”)

dispor (“to dispose, to arrange”) + -ível → disponível (“available”)

Alternative form of -ável (“able”), used to form adjectives from 2nd- and 3rd-conjugation verbs


-istão

Borrowed from Persian ـستان, from Middle Persian -stʾn', from Old Persian 𐎿𐎫𐎠𐎴 (s-t-a-n /stāna-/), from Proto-Iranian *stāna-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sthāna, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”).

der

-stan (forms place names associated with Central and Southern Asia)


-ês

pt-noun

-ês m (noun-forming suffix, plural -eses, feminine -esa, feminine plural -esas)

-eses (plural)
-esa (feminine)
-esas (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese -es, from Latin -ēnsis. Compare the borrowed doublet -ense.

Holanda (“Netherlands”) + -ês → holandês (“Dutchman”)

-ese (forms nouns indicating a native of the place)

Holanda (“Netherlands”) + -ês → holandês (“Dutch language”)

-ese (forms the names of languages spoken in a given place or by a given people)


-ês

pt-adj

-ês (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -esa, masculine plural -eses, feminine plural -esas)

-esa (feminine)
-eses (masculine plural)
-esas (feminine plural)

Holanda (“Netherlands”) + -ês → holandês (“Dutch”)

-ese (forms adjectives describing a particular place)


-íssimo

head

-íssimo m (feminine -íssima, plural -íssimos, feminine plural -íssimas)

-íssima (feminine)
-íssimos (plural)
-íssimas (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin -issimus. The borrowing occurred during the Renaissance by influence of Italian.

caro (“expensive”) + -íssimo → caríssimo (“extremely expensive”)

feio (“ugly”) + -íssimo → feiíssimo (“extremely ugly”)


-eyro

-eyro m (feminine -eyra, plural -eyros, feminine plural -eyras)

-eyra (feminine)
-eyros (plural)
-eyras (feminine plural)


-aõ

pt-noun

-aõ m (noun-forming suffix, plural -oens or -ões, feminine -ona, feminine plural -onas)

-oens (plural)
-ões (plural)
-ona (feminine)
-onas (feminine plural)


-aõ

pt-adj

-aõ (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ona, masculine plural -oens or -ões, feminine plural -onas)

-ona (feminine)
-oens (masculine plural)
-ões (masculine plural)
-onas (feminine plural)


-á

From Old Galician-Portuguese -a, from a, third-person singular present indicative of aver (“to have”), corresponding to modern há.

comer (“to eat”) + -á → comerá (“(he/she/it) will eat”)

forms the third-person singular future indicative form of verbs


-á

Apocopic form of -ar; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las

-ar

(Brazil, proscribed) Alternative form of -ar in any position


-cídio

pt-noun

-cídio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -cídios)


-áveis

a suffix indicating the second-person plural imperfect indicative of -ar


-enho

head

-enho m (feminine -enha, plural -enhos, feminine plural -enhas)

-enha (feminine)
-enhos (plural)
-enhas (feminine plural)

norte (“north”) + -enho → nortenho (“northerner”)

forms the names of residents or inhabitants of a place

norte (“north”) + -enho → nortenho (“of or relating to the north”)

forms adjectives meaning “of or relating to [the suffixed place]”

ferro (“iron”) + -enho → ferrenho (“unyielding”)

forms adjectives meaning “having the qualities of [the suffixed material]”


-inha

cara (“guy”) + -inha → carinha (“little guy”)

form of -inho in masculine words ending in -a


-ície

pt-noun

-ície f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -ícies)


-ícia

-ícia f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -ícias)


-ento

pt-adj

-ento (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -enta, masculine plural -entos, feminine plural -entas)

-enta (feminine)
-entos (masculine plural)
-entas (feminine plural)

grudar (“to stick”) + -ento → grudento (“sticky”)

fedor (“stench”) + -ento → fedorento (“stinky”)


-lândia

pt-noun

-lândia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -lândias)

-land (forms the names of regions and cities)


-logista

-logista m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -logistas)

-logist (person who studies or is an expert in a given field)


-imento

-imento m (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -imentos)


-antropia

-antropia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -antropias)


-ágio

-ágio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ágios)


-agogo

-agogo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -agogos, feminine -agoga, feminine plural -agogas)

-agogos (plural)
-agoga (feminine)
-agogas (feminine plural)


-scópio

-scópio m (noun-forming suffix, plural -scópios)

From Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “examine, inspect, look to or into, consider”).

bor

-scope (forms the names of viewing instruments)


-íaco

(medicine) -ac (one affected with the suffixed condition)


-gono

pt-noun

-gono m (noun-forming suffix, plural -gonos)

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”).

der

(geometry) -gon (forms the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles)


-arca

pt-noun

-arca m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -arcas)

From Late Latin -archa, from Latin -archēs, from Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”, “government”).


-acho

-acho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -achos, feminine -acha, feminine plural -achas)

-achos (plural)
-acha (feminine)
-achas (feminine plural)


-latria

-latria f (noun-forming suffix, plural -latrias)


-ença

-ença f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -enças)

(non-productive) forms nouns, from verbs, indicating a state or condition; -ence


-ência

-ência f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -ências)


-ância

-ância f (noun-forming suffix, plural -âncias)

Borrowed from Latin -antia. Doublet of -ança.

-ancy (the condition or quality of being the suffixed adjective)


-andro

pt-adj

-andro (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -andra, masculine plural -andros, feminine plural -andras)

-andra (feminine)
-andros (masculine plural)
-andras (feminine plural)

(botany) -androus (having the prefixed number of stamens)


-enu

Eye dialect spelling of -endo, representing Northeast Brazil Portuguese.


-ângulo

-ângulo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ângula, masculine plural -ângulos, feminine plural -ângulas)

-ângula (feminine)
-ângulos (masculine plural)
-ângulas (feminine plural)

(geometry) -angle; -angular (having the given number angles)


-ângulo

pt-noun

-ângulo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ângulos)

(geometry) -angle (shape with the given number of internal angles)


-andria

-andria f (noun-forming suffix, plural -andrias)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ανδρία (-andría).

bor+

(botany) -andry (relating to the stamen)


-arquia

pt-noun

-arquia f (noun-forming suffix, plural -arquias)

(politics) -archy (form of government or rule)


-ardo

-ardo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ardos)

-ard (someone who is in a suffixed condition)


-nauta

-nauta m or f by sense (noun-forming suffix, plural -nautas)


-ama

-ama f (noun-forming suffix, plural -amas)

cipó (“liana”) + -ama → cipoama (“jumble of lianas”)

gente (“people”) + -ama → gentama (“rabble”)

forms nouns indicating a disorderly group or collection of the suffixed thing


-bol

-bol m (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)

Back-formation of words like futebol (“football”) and voleibol (“volleyball”), which are loanwords of English compounds ending in ball.


-tico

pt-adj

-tico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -tica, masculine plural -ticos, feminine plural -ticas)

-tica (feminine)
-ticos (masculine plural)
-ticas (feminine plural)


-ómano

pt-noun

-ómano m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ómanos, feminine -ómana, feminine plural -ómanas)

-ómanos (plural)
-ómana (feminine)
-ómanas (feminine plural)


-ômano

-ômano m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ômanos, feminine -ômana, feminine plural -ômanas)

-ômanos (plural)
-ômana (feminine)
-ômanas (feminine plural)


-icho

-icho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ichos, feminine -icha, feminine plural -ichas)

-ichos (plural)
-icha (feminine)
-ichas (feminine plural)


-gráfico

pt-adj

-gráfico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -gráfica, masculine plural -gráficos, feminine plural -gráficas)

-gráfica (feminine)
-gráficos (masculine plural)
-gráficas (feminine plural)