-agem
See also: agem
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese -age, from Old French -age or Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum. Final -m influenced by words such as imagem.
Pronunciation
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Suffix
-agem f (plural -agens)
- Forms uncountable nouns, from verbs, meaning the practice of doing what is expressed by the verb.
- armazenar (“to store”) + -agem → armazenagem (“storage”)
- reciclar (“to recycle”) + -agem → reciclagem (“recycling”)
- Forms nouns, from verbs, meaning the an instance of doing what is expressed by the verb.
- Forms nouns, from nouns expressing a type of person, meaning attitude or an act expected from that kind of person.
- caipira (“hillbilly”) + -agem → caipiragem (“attitude of a hillbilly”)
- picareta (“fraudster”) + -agem → picaretagem (“fraud”)
- Forms nouns, from nouns, meaning a collection of things; -age.
- árbitro (“referee”) + -agem → arbitragem (“referees and umpires who attend a match”)
- ferro (“iron”) + -agem → ferragem (“ironware”)
- Forms nouns for concepts related to the suffixed word.
- por cento (“percent”) + -agem → porcentagem (“percentage”)
- persona (“persona”) + -agem → personagem (“character”)
Usage notes
- -agem also exists, not as a suffix, in words descending from a Latin word with -āginem (accusative singular of -āgō). For example: imagem, from imāginem.
Synonyms
- (practice of doing something): -mento
- (act of doing something): -ção, -mento
- (attitude or act expected from someone): -ice, -ície, -ismo
Derived terms
Categories:
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old French
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Occitan
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese dialectal terms
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese suffixes
- Portuguese feminine suffixes
- Portuguese noun-forming suffixes