-ear
See also: ear, EAR, éar, èar, and 'ear
Galician
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin -idiāre, popular counterpart to Latin -izāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein).
Suffix
-ear
- forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize
Derived terms
Galician terms suffixed with -ear
Related terms
- -izar
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin -idiāre, popular counterpart to Latin -izāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein). Doublet of -izar, borrowed from the 'proper' Latin form.
Cognate to Catalan -ejar, French -oyer, Italian -eggiare, Occitan -ejar, Romanian -ez, Spanish -ear.
Suffix
-ear
- forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize
- guerra (“war”) + -ear → guerrear (“to war”)
Derived terms
Portuguese terms suffixed with -ear
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ar]
Suffix
-ear
- Forming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having’
- slànaich (“heal, cure”, verb) + -ear → slànaighear (“healer, savior”)
- Forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’
- drùis (“lechery, licentiousness, lust”) + -ear → drùisear (“whoremonger, fornicator, lecher”)
Derived terms
Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -ear
See also
- -iche
- -adair
- -air
- -aire
Spanish
Alternative forms
- -iar (colloquial)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin -idiāre, popular counterpart to Latin -izāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ίζειν (-ízein). Doublet of -izar, borrowed from the 'proper' Latin form. Compare Portuguese -ear/-ejar, Catalan -ejar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈaɾ/ [eˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: -e‧ar
Suffix
-ear (first-person singular present -eo, first-person singular preterite -eé, past participle -eado)
- forms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some pronouns
- humo (“steam”) + -ear → humear (“to steam”)
Usage notes
- The suffix is usually used for loanwords and proper nouns which are used in the form of a verb instead.
- Google + -ear → googlear (“to google”)
- Facebook + -ear → facebookear (“to go on Facebook”)
- cache + -ear → cachear (“to cache”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of -ear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | -ear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | -eando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | -eado | -eada | |||||
| plural | -eados | -eadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | -eo | -eastú -eásvos | -ea | -eamos | -eáis | -ean | |
| imperfect | -eaba | -eabas | -eaba | -eábamos | -eabais | -eaban | |
| preterite | -eé | -easte | -eó | -eamos | -easteis | -earon | |
| future | -earé | -earás | -eará | -earemos | -earéis | -earán | |
| conditional | -earía | -earías | -earía | -earíamos | -earíais | -earían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | -ee | -eestú -eésvos2 | -ee | -eemos | -eéis | -een | |
| imperfect (ra) | -eara | -earas | -eara | -eáramos | -earais | -earan | |
| imperfect (se) | -ease | -eases | -ease | -eásemos | -easeis | -easen | |
| future1 | -eare | -eares | -eare | -eáremos | -eareis | -earen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | -eatú -eávos | -ee | -eemos | -ead | -een | ||
| negative | no -ees | no -ee | no -eemos | no -eéis | no -een | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of -ear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive -ear | |||||||
| dative | -earme | -earte | -earle, -earse | -earnos | -earos | -earles, -earse | |
| accusative | -earme | -earte | -earlo, -earla, -earse | -earnos | -earos | -earlos, -earlas, -earse | |
| with gerund -eando | |||||||
| dative | -eándome | -eándote | -eándole, -eándose | -eándonos | -eándoos | -eándoles, -eándose | |
| accusative | -eándome | -eándote | -eándolo, -eándola, -eándose | -eándonos | -eándoos | -eándolos, -eándolas, -eándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative -ea | |||||||
| dative | -éame | -éate | -éale | -éanos | not used | -éales | |
| accusative | -éame | -éate | -éalo, -éala | -éanos | not used | -éalos, -éalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative -eá | |||||||
| dative | -eame | -eate | -eale | -eanos | not used | -eales | |
| accusative | -eame | -eate | -ealo, -eala | -eanos | not used | -ealos, -ealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative -ee | |||||||
| dative | -éeme | not used | -éele, -éese | -éenos | not used | -éeles | |
| accusative | -éeme | not used | -éelo, -éela, -éese | -éenos | not used | -éelos, -éelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative -eemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | -eémoste | -eémosle | -eémonos | -eémoos | -eémosles | |
| accusative | not used | -eémoste | -eémoslo, -eémosla | -eémonos | -eémoos | -eémoslos, -eémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative -ead | |||||||
| dative | -eadme | not used | -eadle | -eadnos | -eaos | -eadles | |
| accusative | -eadme | not used | -eadlo, -eadla | -eadnos | -eaos | -eadlos, -eadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative -een | |||||||
| dative | -éenme | not used | -éenle | -éennos | not used | -éenles, -éense | |
| accusative | -éenme | not used | -éenlo, -éenla | -éennos | not used | -éenlos, -éenlas, -éense | |
Derived terms
Spanish terms suffixed with -ear
Related terms
- -izar
Further reading
- “-ear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014