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-ía
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-ía 1 Suffix used to form abstract names derived from names and adjectives. It expresses the place where the person with the job designated by the root is or works: police station, concierge, secretary, bakery, carpentry . 2 The country or nation where the village designated by the root lives: Normandy, Turkey, Lombardy . 3 Action: tropelía, habladuría, sangría . 4 Activity, profession, dignity or jurisdiction: astronomy, notary, lawyer, captaincy . 5 Meeting or crowd: brotherhood, hullabaloo, china shop, rag shop . 6 Quality, faculty or state: manliness, treachery, joy, courtesy, fantasy . -ia Sometimes, when the primitive word ends in or , the o of this ending is changed to u : pagaduría, correduría, senaduría .



Spanish open dictionary

-ía
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-ía Suffix of set names: caserío . Of action and effect names: detour . Of quality or exercise: farm, lordship, power. Of aptitude: irrigated . Of adjectives derived from names, adverbs or other adjectives: gloomy, late, brave .




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