Improve Your Vocabulary: Suffixes Suffixes are word endings that change the root of such word. We can turn an adjective into a noun, a noun into an adjective, a verb into a noun, a verb into an adjective and so on. Here are some common examples: Transformación de un adjetivo en un sustantivo -dez: pálido [pale] – palidez [paleness] -idad: profundo [deep] – profundidad [depth] -itud: exacto [exact] – exactitud [accuracy] -ura: blanco [white] – blancura [whiteness] Transformación de un sustantivo en un adjetivo -al: ministerio [ministery] – ministerial [ministerial] -ar: familia [family] – familiar [familiar] -ico: volcán [volcano] – volcánico [volcanic] -esco: novela [novel] – novelesco [fantastic, bizarre] -ivo: sorpresa [surprise] – sorpresivo [unexpected] -oso: carne [meat] – carnoso [thick, fleshy] -udo: cuerno [horn] – cornudo [horned] Transformación de un verbo en un sustantivo -ción: perder [to lose] – perdición [ruin, downfall] -dero: comer [to eat] – comedero [trough] -dor: encender [to light] – encendedor [lighter] -mento: salvar [to save] – salvamento [rescue] -miento: pensar [to think] – pensamiento [thought] -torio: interrogar [to question] – interrogatorio [interrogation, questioning] Transformación de un verbo en un adjetivo -ble: desear [to desire] – deseable [desirable] / creer [to believe] – creíble [believable] -dizo: resbalar [to slip] – resbaladizo [slippery] / huir [to escape] – huidizo [evasive, shy] -dor: trabajar [to work] – trabajador [worker] / beber [to drink] – bebedor [drinker, drunkard] -nte: estimular [to stimulate] – estimulante [stimulating] / sorprender [to surprise] – sorprendente [surprising] -tivo: comparar [to compare] – comparativo [comparative] / competir [to compete] – competitivo [competitive] Transformación de un sustantivo en otro sustantivo -ano: cirugía [surgery] – cirujano [surgeon] -al: arena [sand] – arenal [sandy area, quicksand] -ar: pino [pine] – pinar [pine wood, pine forrest] -aje: cortina [curtain] – cortinaje [curtains] -ado: alumno [student] – alumnado [student body] -era: papel [paper] – papelera [wastepaper basket] -ero: libro [book] – librero [bookcase, bookseller] -ario: campana [bell] – campanario [bell tower] -dor: leña [wood] – leñador [lumberjack]
Posted on: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 15:18:31 +0000
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