-avas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "avas"

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ābās.

Suffix

-avas (1st conj.)

a suffix indicating the second-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-avas → ‎amavas (“[You] used to love”)

‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-avas → ‎cantavas (“[You] used to sing”)

Descendants

Galician: -abas
Portuguese: -avas

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -avas, from Latin -ābās. Compare Galician and Spanish -abas.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vɐs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vɐʃ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vas/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vɐʃ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɐʃ/ [ˈa.βɐʃ]

Rhymes: (Brazil) -avɐs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -avɐʃ

Suffix

-avas

a suffix indicating the second-person singular indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-avas → ‎amavas (“[You] used to love”)

‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-avas → ‎cantavas (“[You] used to sing”)

See also

-ias

Spanish

Suffix

-avas

feminine plural of -avo

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