"-a" meaning in Spanish

See -a in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -as [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish -a, from Latin -a. Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:inh|osp:-a<ety:inh<la:-a<id:nominal>>>|id=feminine}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ā", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-a", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Spanish", "term" : "-a", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "osp" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-a", "lang" : "es" }" data-id="feminine" data-lang="es" data-title="-a" id="Spanish:_feminine">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|-a|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish -a, {{inh+|es|osp|-a}} Inherited from Old Spanish -a, {{inh|es|la|-a<id:nominal>}} Latin -a Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} -a f (noun-forming suffix, plural -as)
  1. forms feminine singular nouns (roughly equivalent to English -ess or she-) Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-es-suffix-dmkqLJlO Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 15 17 30 29 9
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Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish -a, from Latin -a. Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:inh|osp:-a<ety:inh<la:-a<id:nominal>>>|id=feminine}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ā", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-a", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Spanish", "term" : "-a", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "osp" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-a", "lang" : "es" }" data-id="feminine" data-lang="es" data-title="-a" id="Spanish:_feminine">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|-a|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish -a, {{inh+|es|osp|-a}} Inherited from Old Spanish -a, {{inh|es|la|-a<id:nominal>}} Latin -a
  1. forms feminine singular adjectives, pronouns, determiners and articles Tags: feminine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-es-suffix-tC7tSm1y Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 15 17 30 29 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: Inherited from Latin -at, the third-person singular present active indicative ending of first conjugation verbs. Cognate with French -e, Romanian -ă. Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:inh|la:-at|id=indicative}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "-a", "lang" : "es" }" data-id="indicative" data-lang="es" data-title="-a" id="Spanish:_indicative">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|-at|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin -at, {{inh+|es|la|-at}} Inherited from Latin -at, {{cog|fr|-e}} French -e, {{cog|ro|-ă}} Romanian -ă
  1. forms the third-person singular (also used with usted) present indicative mood of regular -ar verbs Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-es-suffix-xy6px33w Categories (other): Spanish entries with etymon, Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish entries referencing missing etymons Disambiguation of Spanish entries with etymon: 23 26 51 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 15 17 30 29 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

Etymology: Inherited from Latin -eam, Latin -am, and Latin -iam the first-person singular present active subjunctive endings of second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs, respectively; and from Latin -eat, Latin -at, and Latin -iat, the third-person singular present active subjunctive ending of second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs, respectively. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|-eam|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin -eam, {{inh+|es|la|-eam}} Inherited from Latin -eam, {{inh|es|la|-am}} Latin -am, {{inh|es|la|-iam}} Latin -iam, {{inh|es|la|-eat}} Latin -eat, {{inh|es|la|-at}} Latin -at, {{inh|es|la|-iat}} Latin -iat
  1. forms the first- and third-person singular (also used with usted) singular present subjunctive mood of -er and -ir verbs, also used for the imperative mood of usted Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-es-suffix-~VizlIcE Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 15 17 30 29 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Suffix

Etymology: Inherited from Latin -ā (second-person singular present active imperative ending of first conjugation verbs). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|-ā|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=second-person singular present active imperative ending of first conjugation verbs|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin -ā (second-person singular present active imperative ending of first conjugation verbs), {{inh+|es|la|-ā|pos=second-person singular present active imperative ending of first conjugation verbs}} Inherited from Latin -ā (second-person singular present active imperative ending of first conjugation verbs)
  1. forms the second-person singular imperative mood of -ar verbs Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--a-es-suffix-ogSqIw7u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4
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