-aje
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French -age, from Latin -āticum. Doublet of -azgo.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-aje m
- Forms masculine nouns expressing an action, quantity, location, period of time, etc.
- aprendiz (“apprentice”) + -aje → aprendizaje (“apprenticeship”)
- voltio (“volt”) + -aje → voltaje (“voltage”)
- Forms masculine nouns with the sense of collection, -age
Derived terms
Further reading
- “-aje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014