-ear

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

-ear (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -eo, first-person singular preterite -eei, past participle -eado)

1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize

From

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• -izar

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

-ear

1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize

   ‎guerra (“war”) + ‎-ear → ‎guerrear (“to war”)

• IPA^(key):

-ear

1. Forming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having’

   ‎slànaich (“heal, cure”, verb) + ‎-ear → ‎slànaighear (“healer, savior”)

2. Forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’

   ‎drùis (“lechery, licentiousness, lust”) + ‎-ear → ‎drùisear (“whoremonger, fornicator, lecher”)

• -iche
• -adair
• -air
• -aire

• -iar (colloquial)

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

• IPA^(key): /eˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: -e‧ar

-ear (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -eo, first-person singular preterite -eé, past participle -eado)

1. forms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some pronouns

   ‎humo (“steam”) + ‎-ear → ‎humear (“to steam”)

• The suffix is usually used for loanwords and proper nouns which are used in the form of a verb instead.

  ‎Google + ‎-ear → ‎googlear (“to google”)

  ‎Facebook + ‎-ear → ‎facebookear (“to go on Facebook”)

  ‎cache + ‎-ear → ‎cachear (“to cache”)

• “-ear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28