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-astes

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -āstis, short counterpart to -āvistis.

Suffix

-astes (1st conj.)

  1. a suffix indicating the second-person plural preterite indicative of a verb in -ar
    amar (to love) + -astesamastes ([you all/formal you] loved)
    matar (to kill) + -astesmatastes ([you all/formal you] killed)

Descendants

  • Galician: -astes, -áchedes
  • Portuguese: -astes

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -astes, from Latin -āstis, short counterpart to -āvistis. Cognate with Galician -astes and Spanish -asteis.

Pronunciation

 

Suffix

-astes (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)

  1. a suffix indicating the second-person plural preterite indicative of a verb in -ar
    amar (to love) + -astesamastes ([you all/formal you] loved)
    cantar (to sing) + -astescantastes ([you all/formal you] sang)

See also

  • -estes
  • -istes
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