-amos

See also: amos, Amos, Amós, Āmos, and Ámós

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• -amo (apocopic or pronunciation spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.mus/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.mus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.muʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.mos/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.muʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.muʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.muʃ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmuʃ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -amos, from Latin -āmus. Cognate with Galician and Spanish -amos.

Suffix

-amos

1. a suffix indicating the first-person plural present indicative of -ar

   ‎falar (“to talk”) + ‎-amos → ‎falamos (“[we] talk”)

   ‎matar (“to kill”) + ‎-amos → ‎matamos (“[we] kill”)

2. a suffix indicating the (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) first-person plural preterite indicative of -ar

   Synonym: (Portugal) -ámos

   ‎matar (“to kill”) + ‎-amos → ‎matamos (“[we] killed”)

See also

• -emos

Etymology 2

Suffix

-amos

1. a suffix indicating the first-person plural present subjunctive of -er

   ‎correr (“to run”) + ‎-amos → ‎corramos (“that we run”)

2. a suffix indicating the first-person plural imperative of -er

   ‎correr (“to run”) + ‎-amos → ‎corramos (“let’s run”)

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin -āmus, the first-person plural present active indicative ending of first conjugation verbs.

Suffix

-amos

1. suffix indicating the first-person plural present indicative of -ar verbs

Etymology 2

From Latin -āvimus, the first-person plural perfect active indicative ending of first conjugation verbs.

Suffix

-amos

1. Suffix indicating the first-person plural preterite of -ar verbs

Etymology 3

From Latin -eāmus, Latin -āmus, and Latin -iāmus, the first-person plural present active subjunctive endings of second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs, respectively.

Suffix

-amos

1. Suffix indicating the first-person singular present subjunctive of -er and -ir verbs
2. Suffix indicating the first-person singular imperative of -er and -ir verbs

See also

• -emos
• -imos