-avam

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -avan, from Latin -ābant. Compare Galician and Spanish -aban.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vɐ̃w̃/ [ˈa.vɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bɐ̃w̃/ [ˈa.βɐ̃w̃]

Rhymes: -avɐ̃w̃

Suffix

-avam

a suffix indicating the third-person plural indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar
‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-avam → ‎amavam (“[They] used to love”)

‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-avam → ‎cantavam (“[They] used to sing”)

See also

-iam

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