-ejar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -itzar, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ejar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ejo, first-person singular preterite -egí, past participle -ejat)

  1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -ejar

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -izar, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eˈdʒa/

Suffix

-ejar

  1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns

Derived terms

Occitan terms suffixed with -ejar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ejar, inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -izar, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈʒa(ʁ)/ [eˈʒa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /eˈʒa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /eˈʒa(ʁ)/ [eˈʒa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /eˈʒa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɨˈʒaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɨˈʒa.ɾi/

Suffix

-ejar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ejo, first-person singular preterite -ejei, past participle -ejado)

  1. -le (forms verbs with the frequentative aspect)
    Synonym: -ear
    gota (drop) + -ejargotejar (to drip)
  2. forms verbs meaning “to use, apply or perform [the suffixed noun]”
    vela (sail) + -ejarvelejar (to sail)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ejar
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