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Italian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-avo (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the first-person singular imperfect of regular -are verbs
Anagrams
Karelian
Etymology
From earlier *-ado, from Proto-Finnic *-o (whence also Finnish -o) plus the inflectional stem of verbs ending in *-at'ak. Cognates include Finnish -uu.
Suffix
-avo (front vowel harmony variant -ävö)
- Forms abstract nouns from verbs in -ata.
Portuguese
Suffix
-avo m (plural -avos)
- forms fractionals
- doze (“twelve”) + -avo → dozeavo (“one twelfth”)
Derived terms
Spanish
Suffix
-avo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ava, masculine plural -avos, feminine plural -avas)
-avo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -avos)
- added to a cardinal number to signify one portion of a whole divided into that number of pieces; forms both nouns and adjectives
- doce (“twelve”) + -avo → doceavo (“one twelfth (e.g. of a cake)”)
Usage notes
- Only used for numbers greater than 10. Less common for numbers 1000 and above (use the vigésimo ordinal form which is also signifies portions). If the cardinal number ends in -a, do not add another one (cuarentavo instead of !cuarentaavo). The conversion of cien is irregular (centavo).
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