-avam

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -avan, from Latin -ābant. Compare Galician and Spanish -aban.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.vɐ̃w̃/ [ˈa.vɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 

  • Rhymes: -avɐ̃w̃

Suffix

-avam (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

  1. a suffix indicating the third-person plural indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
    ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-avam → ‎amavam (“[They] used to love”)
    ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-avam → ‎cantavam (“[They] used to sing”)

See also

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