-avas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "avas"

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ābās.

Suffix

-avas (1st conj.)

1. 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/

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vɐʃ/

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

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

Suffix

-avas

1. 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

1. feminine plural of -avo