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Augmentative and Diminutive Terminations

Business & Technical

Examples in English:

  • Ball, balloon
  • Book, booklet
  • Lad, laddie
  • Man, manikin
  • These terminations are frequent in Spanish, especially the diminutive.
    On (m.), ona (f.) denote augmentation, as:

  • Libro (book)
  • Librón (large book)
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    Vocabulary

    Soundpublicidad del internet - internet advertising
    Soundcalcular - to calculate
    Soundcambiar - to change, to alter
    Soundconsignar - to consign, to record
    Sounddespacio - slowly
    Sounddinero efectivo - cash

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    Exercises

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    Use of Augmentative and Diminutive

    Example Sentences

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