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-ável
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avel
Portuguese
Alternative forms
pt -able Beira Northern Portugal
Etymology
pt :inh roa-opt:-avel<ety:inh<la:-ābilis>> 2 1 Compare en -able dialectally and in various other languages; e.g. scn -àvili, for a similar morphology.
Pronunciation
pt avew Brazil avɛl Portugal 2
pt -á vel
Suffix
-able
pt cantar to sing cantável singable
pt aumentar to increase aumentável increasable
Usage notes
This suffix is generally appended to 1st-conjugation verb stems and, in some cases, to Latin stems.
Some words ending in -ável are directly descended from Latin instead of being formed from a stem and a suffix.
Derived terms
pt -ável
Related terms
pt -ível
Further reading