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especially in more formal words, and especially those containing the suffix -ção, the interfix -n- is used instead, and an etymological stem is used: canção → cancioneiro, mão → manusca
especially in words inherited from Old Portuguese, the word is denasalised and the etymological vowel is used: bênção → abençoar; capão → capoeira
rarely, the consonant of the diphthong is lost: mãe → mãinha
words ending in r or l usually take this interfix, but occasionally the suffix is attached to the word directly: par → parzinho, mel → melzinho but mar → marola, sal → saleiro
words ending in a diphthong: pau → pauzinho. Sometimes an etymological stem is used: pau → palito