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-y meaning in Portuguese

EnglishPortuguese
-ness (appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being...", "the quality of being...", or "the measure of being...")
[UK: nes]
[US: ˈnes]

-eza{f}

-idade{f}

-idão{f}

-nomy (system of rules, laws, or knowledge about a particular field)

-nomia

-o- (linking vowel between morphemes)
interfix

-ó-interfix

-ô-interfix

-o-interfix

-oic

-oico

-oid (suffix meaning similar but not the same)

-oide

-ology (branch of learning)

-ologia{f}

-oma (suffix forming nouns indicating tumors or masses)

-oma{m}

-on ((physics) subatomic particles)

-ão{m}

-on{m}

-one (ketone)

-ona{f}

-onym (word)

-ónimo

-ônimo{m}

-onymy (used to form nouns describing the study, formation, or use of words or names)

-onímia{f}

-ose (suffix used to form the names of sugars)

-ose{f}

-osis (suffix for functional disorders)

-ose{f}

-ous (suffix to form adjectives)

-oso

-path (used to form nouns indicating someone with a particular disorder)

-pata{m} {f}

-pathic

-pático{m}

-pedia

-pédia{f}

-pexy (fixing)

-pexia{f}

-phage (something that eats, or consumes)

-fago{m}

-phagous (feeding on)

-fago

-phagy (the consumption of)

-fagia{f}

-phile (Forming nouns and adjectives denoting "friend")

-filo

-philia (forming words denoting abnormal linking towards a given thing)

-filia{f}

-philous

-filo

-phobia (used to form nouns meaning fear)
[UK: ˈfəʊ.bɪə]
[US: ˈfoʊ.bɪə]

-fobia{f}

-phone (speaker of a certain language)

-fono{m}

-phone (type of sound)

-fone{m}

-phore (bearer or carrier of)

-foro{m}

-phyte (taxonomic group of plants or algae)

-fita{f}

-plegic ( of -plegia)

-plégico

-poly (pertaining to the number of sellers in a market)

-pólio{m}

-proof (denoting an impervious quality)

à prova de

anti-

-s (regular plurals of nouns)

-es

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