-agem

See also: agem

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -age, from Old French -age or Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum. Final -m and gender change influenced by words such as imagem. Doublet of -ático.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʒẽj̃/ [ˈa.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʒɐ̃j̃/

(Brazil dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ʒ(i)/
Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʒẽj̃, (Portugal) -aʒɐ̃j̃

Suffix

-agem f (noun-forming suffix, plural -agens)

Forms uncountable nouns, from verbs, meaning the practice of doing what is expressed by the verb.
Synonym: -mento

‎armazenar (“to store”) + ‎-agem → ‎armazenagem (“storage”)

‎reciclar (“to recycle”) + ‎-agem → ‎reciclagem (“recycling”)
Forms nouns, from verbs, meaning an instance of doing what is expressed by the verb.
Synonyms: -ção, -mento

‎filmar (“to film”) + ‎-agem → ‎filmagem (“an instance of filming”)

‎lavar (“to wash”) + ‎-agem → ‎lavagem (“a wash”)
Forms nouns, from nouns expressing a type of person, meaning attitude or an act expected from that kind of person.
Synonyms: -ice, -ície, -ismo

‎caipira (“hillbilly”) + ‎-agem → ‎caipiragem (“attitude of a hillbilly”)

‎picareta (“fraudster”) + ‎-agem → ‎picaretagem (“fraud”)
Forms nouns, from nouns, meaning a collection of things; -age
‎árbitro (“referee”) + ‎-agem → ‎arbitragem (“referees and umpires who attend a match”)

‎ferro (“iron”) + ‎-agem → ‎ferragem (“ironware”)
Forms nouns for concepts related to the suffixed word.
‎por cento (“percent”) + ‎-agem → ‎porcentagem (“percentage”)

Usage notes

Some other nouns happen to end in -agem without it being a suffix, e.g. imagem, vagem.

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -agem

Further reading

“-agem”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“-agem”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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