Spanish​ Prefixes And Suffixes

Front 1

Des-

Back 1

Indicates negation or inversion, or deprivation, or excess, or "out of", or afirmation

Front 2

-ez

Back 2

For female abstract nouns, indicates the quality expressed by the adjective from which it is derived

Front 3

Ex-

Back 3

Signifies "out" or "further" in relation to time or space, or deprivation, or intervenes in the formation of derivations without precise meaning

Front 4

-ón, -na

Back 4

Forms nouns and adjectives from nouns, adjectives and verbs of an augmentative, intensive or expressive; forms derogatives; forms nouns of action or effect, forms nouns of action or effect that usually denote something sudden or violent; forms adjectives which indicate deprivation of what is designated by the base; forms derived numerals that signify age; can change noun genders from female to male.

Front 5

-acho, cha

Back 5

Forms augmentatives or derogatives from adjectives and nouns; combined with -ar, it takes the form of -aracho

Front 6

-ar

Back 6

In adjectives it signifies condition or pertinence; in nouns it indicates the place in which the primitive abounds

Front 7

-ajo

Back 7

Forms nouns and adjectives with a value between derogatory and diminutive; can be combined with -ar and -arro and sometimes takes the form -strajo. These combinations have a derogatory value.

Front 8

-rro,-rra

Back 8

With value diminutive and derogatory; takes the forms of -arro, -orro and -orio

Front 9

-ejo, -ja

Back 9

Has a diminutive and derogatory value in nouns and adjectives, although in some words this is not conserved.

Front 10

-ete,-eta

Back 10

Forms diminutives, derogatives, or other words of affective value, sometimes in a not very explicit manner, from nouns and adjectives. Many words have lost these values. Not a few nouns come directly from French. In certain cases it takes the form of -cete.

Front 11

-astro,-ra

Back 11

Forms nouns with derogatory meaning. Sometimes it takes the form -astre.

Front 12

a-

Back 12

Intervenes, without precise meaning, in the formation of some derivatives.