-ção

Appendix:Variations of "cao" Galician Suffix f -ción Portuguese Etymology pt :lbor la:-tio<alt:-tiōnem> 1 1 The suffix is in many cases a semi-learned form partially borrowed from Latin to make new words, but also corresponds with the old inherited form that it was based on (as evidenced by words such as pt canção), which could also be pt -zão in some cases (e.g. pt razão, pt sazão). Pronunciation pt /sõw/ Northern Portugal Suffix f -tion pt -mento pt comercializar to commercialize comercialização commercialization pt beber to drink bebeção drinking pt absolver to acquit absolvição acquittal pt diluir to dilute diluição dilution pt compor to compose composição composition pt conter to restrain contenção restrainment Usage notes Generally, this suffix is appended to the base verb by simply dropping the -r infinitive ending, but there are special cases: if the base verb ends with -or, it is replaced by -osi- (by analogy with pt posição, from la positio, from la positus); if the base verb ends with -ter, it is replaced by -ten- (from la tentus); after other 2nd-conjugation verbs, the -e- thematic vowel may be kept or replaced with -i-. Some nouns ending with -ção and directly descending from Latin, despite being related to verbs, can't be surface analysis surface-analyzed as containing this suffix due to their irregularity, e.g. pt reação, related to pt reagir. Derived terms pt Descendants kok -सांव 1 Further reading