"-iar" meaning in Spanish

See -iar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-ˈjaɾ/ Forms: -io [first-person, present, singular], -ié [first-person, preterite, singular], -iado [participle, past]
Rhymes: -aɾ Etymology: From -ear, following an alteration of -e- into -i- derived from a colloquial synaeresis. Head templates: {{es-verb}} -iar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -io, first-person singular preterite -ié, past participle -iado)
  1. alternative form of -ear Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: -ear
    Sense id: en--iar-es-suffix-smzfK-FZ
  2. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--iar-es-suffix-fzJn9xSa Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish verbs ending in -ar Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Spanish verbs ending in -ar: 15 85
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  "etymology_text": "From -ear, following an alteration of -e- into -i- derived from a colloquial synaeresis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-io",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ié",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iado",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-iar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -io, first-person singular preterite -ié, past participle -iado)",
      "name": "es-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-iar"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "",
        "iar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-ear"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of -ear"
      ],
      "id": "en--iar-es-suffix-smzfK-FZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ear",
          "-ear#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish verbs ending in -ar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize"
      ],
      "id": "en--iar-es-suffix-fzJn9xSa",
      "links": [
        [
          "verb",
          "verb#English"
        ],
        [
          "English",
          "w:English language"
        ],
        [
          "-ize",
          "-ize#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˈjaɾ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɾ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "synaeresis"
  ],
  "word": "-iar"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish suffixes",
    "Spanish suffixes with red links in their headword lines",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Spanish verb-forming suffixes",
    "Spanish verbs ending in -ar"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From -ear, following an alteration of -e- into -i- derived from a colloquial synaeresis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-io",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ié",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-iado",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-iar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -io, first-person singular preterite -ié, past participle -iado)",
      "name": "es-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "-iar"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "",
        "iar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "-ear"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of -ear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ear",
          "-ear#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "verb",
          "verb#English"
        ],
        [
          "English",
          "w:English language"
        ],
        [
          "-ize",
          "-ize#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/-ˈjaɾ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɾ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "synaeresis"
  ],
  "word": "-iar"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -iar meaning in Spanish (1.4kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: verb-forming suffix",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Spanish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-iar",
  "trace": ""
}

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