-ear
Galician
Etymology
From Late LatinCategory:Galician terms derived from Late Latin#EAR -izāre. Doublet of -izarCategory:Galician doublets#EAR, which was borrowed.
Suffix
-ear (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -eo, first-person singular preterite -eei, past participle -eado)Category:Galician lemmas#EARCategory:Galician suffixes#EARCategory:Galician verb-forming suffixes#EARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#EARCategory:Galician suffixes with red links in their headword lines#EARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#EARCategory:Pages with entries#EARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#EAR
Conjugation
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | -ear | |||||
| Personal | -ear | -eares | -ear | -earmos | -eardes | -earen |
| Gerund | ||||||
| -eando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | -eado | -eados | ||||
| Feminine | -eada | -eadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | -eo | -eas | -ea | -eamos | -eades | -ean |
| Imperfect | -eaba | -eabas | -eaba | -eabamos | -eabades | -eaban |
| Preterite | -eei | -eaches | -eou | -eamos | -eastes | -earon |
| Pluperfect | -eara | -earas | -eara | -earamos | -earades | -earan |
| Future | -earei | -earás | -eará | -earemos | -earedes | -earán |
| Conditional | -earía | -earías | -earía | -eariamos | -eariades | -earían |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | -ee | -ees | -ee | -eemos | -eedes | -een |
| Imperfect | -ease | -eases | -ease | -eásemos | -eásedes | -easen |
| Future | -ear | -eares | -ear | -earmos | -eardes | -earen |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | -ea | -ee | -eemos | -eade | -een | |
| Negative (non) | non -ees | non -ee | non -eemos | non -eedes | non -een | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -ear, from Late Latin -izāre, borrowed from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō), from Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti, from *-id- + *-yéti.Category:Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Hellenic#EARCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#EARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin#EARCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Late Latin#EARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek#EARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#EARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#EARCategory:Pages with etymology trees#EARCategory:Portuguese entries with etymology trees#EARCategory:Portuguese entries with etymology texts#EARCategory:Pages with inline etymon for redlinks#EARCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#EAR Doublet of -izarCategory:Portuguese doublets#EAR, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /iˈa(ʁ)/ [ɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈja(ʁ)/ [ˈja(h)]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#EARCategory:Portuguese 1-syllable words#EARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#EAR
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /iˈa(ɾ)/ [ɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈja(ɾ)/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#EARCategory:Portuguese 1-syllable words#EARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#EAR
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iˈa(ʁ)/ [ɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈja(ʁ)/ [ˈja(χ)]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#EARCategory:Portuguese 1-syllable words#EARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#EAR
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /iˈa(ɻ)/ [ɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈja(ɻ)/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#EARCategory:Portuguese 1-syllable words#EARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#EAR
Suffix
-ear (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -eio, first-person singular preterite -eei, past participle -eado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#EARCategory:Portuguese suffixes#EARCategory:Portuguese verb-forming suffixes#EARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#EARCategory:Portuguese verbs with e becoming ei when stressed#EARCategory:Portuguese suffixes with red links in their headword lines#EARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#EARCategory:Pages with entries#EARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#EAR
Conjugation
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | -ear | |||||
| Personal | -ear | -eares | -ear | -earmos | -eardes | -earem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| -eando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | -eado | -eados | ||||
| Feminine | -eada | -eadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | -eio | -eias | -eia | -eamos | -eais | -eiam |
| Imperfect | -eava | -eavas | -eava | -eávamos | -eáveis | -eavam |
| Preterite | -eei | -easte | -eou | -eamos1, -eámos2 | -eastes | -earam |
| Pluperfect | -eara | -earas | -eara | -eáramos | -eáreis | -earam |
| Future | -earei | -earás | -eará | -earemos | -eareis | -earão |
| Conditional | -earia | -earias | -earia | -earíamos | -earíeis | -eariam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | -eie | -eies | -eie | -eemos | -eeis | -eiem |
| Imperfect | -easse | -easses | -easse | -eássemos | -eásseis | -eassem |
| Future | -ear | -eares | -ear | -earmos | -eardes | -earem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | -eia | -eie | -eemos | -eai | -eiem | |
| Negative (não) | não -eies | não -eie | não -eemos | não -eeis | não -eiem | |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “-ear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “-ear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Suffix
-earCategory:Scottish Gaelic lemmas#EARCategory:Scottish Gaelic suffixes#EARCategory:Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header#EARCategory:Pages with entries#EARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#EAR
- Forming nouns from nouns and adjectives with the sense of ‘person or thing connected or involved with, belonging to, having’
- slànaich (“heal, cure”, verb) + -ear → slànaighear (“healer, savior”)
- Forming nouns from verbs with the sense of ‘person or thing which does’
Derived terms
See also
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Late LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Late Latin#EARCategory:Spanish terms derived from Late Latin#EAR -izāre. Doublet of -izarCategory:Spanish doublets#EAR, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈaɾ/ [eˈaɾ]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#EARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#EAR
- Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#EARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables#EAR
- Syllabification: -e‧ar
Suffix
-ear (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -eo, first-person singular preterite -eé, past participle -eado)Category:Spanish lemmas#EARCategory:Spanish suffixes#EARCategory:Spanish verb-forming suffixes#EARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#EARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#EARCategory:Pages with entries#EARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#EAR
Usage notes
Conjugation
| infinitive | -ear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | -eando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | -eado | -eada | |||||
| plural | -eados | -eadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | -eo | -eastú -eásvos |
-ea | -eamos | -eáis | -ean | |
| imperfect | -eaba | -eabas | -eaba | -eábamos | -eabais | -eaban | |
| preterite | -eé | -easte | -eó | -eamos | -easteis | -earon | |
| future | -earé | -earás | -eará | -earemos | -earéis | -earán | |
| conditional | -earía | -earías | -earía | -earíamos | -earíais | -earían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | -ee | -eestú -eésvos2 |
-ee | -eemos | -eéis | -een | |
| imperfect (ra) |
-eara | -earas | -eara | -eáramos | -earais | -earan | |
| imperfect (se) |
-ease | -eases | -ease | -eásemos | -easeis | -easen | |
| future1 | -eare | -eares | -eare | -eáremos | -eareis | -earen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | -eatú -eávos |
-ee | -eemos | -ead | -een | ||
| negative | no -ees | no -ee | no -eemos | no -eéis | no -een | ||
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive -ear | dative | -earme | -earte | -earle, -earse | -earnos | -earos | -earles, -earse |
| accusative | -earme | -earte | -earlo, -earla, -earse | -earnos | -earos | -earlos, -earlas, -earse | |
| with gerund -eando | dative | -eándome | -eándote | -eándole, -eándose | -eándonos | -eándoos | -eándoles, -eándose |
| accusative | -eándome | -eándote | -eándolo, -eándola, -eándose | -eándonos | -eándoos | -eándolos, -eándolas, -eándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative -ea | dative | -éame | -éate | -éale | -éanos | not used | -éales |
| accusative | -éame | -éate | -éalo, -éala | -éanos | not used | -éalos, -éalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative -eá | dative | -eame | -eate | -eale | -eanos | not used | -eales |
| accusative | -eame | -eate | -ealo, -eala | -eanos | not used | -ealos, -ealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative -ee | dative | -éeme | not used | -éele, -éese | -éenos | not used | -éeles |
| accusative | -éeme | not used | -éelo, -éela, -éese | -éenos | not used | -éelos, -éelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative -eemos | dative | not used | -eémoste | -eémosle | -eémonos | -eémoos | -eémosles |
| accusative | not used | -eémoste | -eémoslo, -eémosla | -eémonos | -eémoos | -eémoslos, -eémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative -ead | dative | -eadme | not used | -eadle | -eadnos | -eaos | -eadles |
| accusative | -eadme | not used | -eadlo, -eadla | -eadnos | -eaos | -eadlos, -eadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative -een | dative | -éenme | not used | -éenle | -éennos | not used | -éenles, -éense |
| accusative | -éenme | not used | -éenlo, -éenla | -éennos | not used | -éenlos, -éenlas, -éense | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “-ear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025