-amos
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- -amo (apocopic or pronunciation spelling)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɐ̃.mus/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈɐ̃.muʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɐ.mos/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɐ.muʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.muʃ/
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmuʃ
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -amos, from Latin -āmus. Cognate with Galician and Spanish -amos.
Suffix
-amos (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- a suffix indicating the first-person plural present indicative of -ar
- a suffix indicating the (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) first-person plural preterite indicative of -ar
See also
Etymology 2
Suffix
-amos (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- a suffix indicating the first-person plural present subjunctive of -er
- a suffix indicating the first-person plural imperative of -er
Spanish
Etymology 1
From Latin -āmus, the first-person plural present active indicative ending of first conjugation verbs.
Suffix
-amos
- suffix indicating the first-person plural present indicative of -ar verbs
Etymology 2
From Latin -āvimus, the first-person plural perfect active indicative ending of first conjugation verbs.
Suffix
-amos
Etymology 3
From Latin -eāmus, Latin -āmus, and Latin -iāmus, the first-person plural present active subjunctive endings of second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs, respectively.
Suffix
-amos
- Suffix indicating the first-person singular present subjunctive of -er and -ir verbs
- Suffix indicating the first-person singular imperative of -er and -ir verbs