Afijos: prefijos y sufijos en ingls

Prefijos

Significado

Ejemplos

a- an-

not, without

atheist, anemic

to, towards
in the process of, in a particular state

aside, aback
a-hunting, aglow

of

anew

completely

abashed

away from
movement to, change into, addition or
increase

abdicate, abstract
advance, adulterate, adjunct, ascend,
affiliate, affirm, aggravate, alleviate,
annotate, apprehend, arrive, assemble,
attend

anteanti- ant-

before, preceding
opposing, against, the opposite

antecedent, ante-room
anti-aircraft, antibiotic, anticlimax, Antartic

auto-

self

automobile, autobiography

all over, all around

bespatter, beset

ab- absad-, a-, ac-,af-, ag-,

al-, an-, ap-, at-, as-,
at-

be-

bicom- co-, col-, con-,

corcontracounterde-

completely

bewitch, bemuse

having, covered with

bejewelled

affect with (added to nouns)

cause to be (added to adjectives)

befog
becalm

two

biceps, bicycle

with, jointly, completely

combat, co-pilot, colude, confide, corrode

against, opposite
opposition, opposite direction

contraceptive
counter-attack, counteract

down, away

descend, despair, depend, deduct

completely

denude, denigrate

removal, reversal

de-ice, decamp

downward, undo

deflate, defect

deci-

ten

decibels, decimal

dia-, didis-, di-

throung, across
negation, removal, expulsion

diagonal
disadvantage, dismount, disbud, disbar

en- em-

ex, e-, ef-

put into or on

engulf, enmesh

bring into the condition of

enlighten, embitter

intensification

entangle, enrage

out

exit,exclude, expand

upward

exalt, extol

completeley

excruciate, exasperate

previous

ex - wife

extra-

outside, beyond

extracurricular

hemihyper-

half
beyond, more than, more than normal

hemisphere
hypersonic. Hyperactive

hypo-

under

hypodermic, hypothermia

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in-, il-, im-

not, without

infertile, inappropriate,impossible,
incurable

in, into, towards, inside

influence, influx, imbibe

infra-

below

infrared, infraestructure

inter-

between, among

interact, interchange

intra-

inside, within

intramural, intravenous

nonob-,oc-, of-, op-

absence, negation
blocking, against, concealing

non-smoker, non-alcoholic
obstruct, occult, offend, oppose

macro-

large

macroeconimics, macrobiotic

magni-

great

magnify, magnificent

mega-

huge

megaphone, megabucks

micro-

small

microscope, micorbe

mis-

wrongly

mistake, mislead

surpassing, exceeding

outperform

external, away from

outbuilding, outboard

over-

excessively, completely

overconfident, overburdened, overjoyed

peri-

round, about

perimeter

post-

after in time or order

postpone

pre-

before in time, place, order or importance

pre-adolescent, prelude, precondition

favouring, in support of

pro-African

acting for

proconsul

motion forwards or away

before in time, place or order

propulsion
prologue

re-

against, opposite

repaint, reappraise, reawake

semi-

half, partly
at a lower position

semicircle, semi-conscious
submarine, subsoil

lower in rank

sub-lieutenant

nearly, approximately

sub-tropical

out-

pro-

sub- suc-, suf-, sug-,

sup-, sur-,sus-

syn- sym-

in union, acting together

synchronize, symmetry

trans-

across, beyond

transnational, transatlantic

into a different state

translate

tele-

far

telescope, telephone

tri-

three

tricycle, triangle

ultra-

beyond

ultraviolet, ultrasonic

extreme

ultramicroscopic
unacceptable, unreal, unhappy,
unmanned
unplug, unmask

un-

under-

uni-

not, without
reversal or cancellationof action or state
beneath, below

underage, undercarriage

lower in rank

undersecretary

not enough

underdeveloped

one, single

unicorn, uniform, unilateral

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Sufijos (suffixes)
Sustantivos

Significado

Ejemplo

ac, ic

like, pertaining to

cardiac, aquatic

acy, cy

state of being

democracy, obstinacy, sufficiency

agogy

leading

pedagogy, demagogy

archy

rule, leadership

gynarchy, anarchy

al

pertaining to

rehearsal, maniacal, portal, logical

ant, ent

full of

eloquent, verdant

ary

like, connected with

dictionary, honorary

ation

that wich is

irritation

ess

female

actress, waitress, stewardess

ism

doctrine, belief

civil, docile, Buddhism

ist

dealer, doer

dentist, realist, artist

ity

state of being

sagacity

ive
er, or

like
person who

quantitative
professor, teacher, advisor, montaineer

less

lack of

homeless, useless

osis

condition

psychosis, hypnosis

ography - ogram

writing, description

ideogram, geography, stenography

tude

state of

fortitude, certitude

Verbos

Significado

Example

ate

to make

compensate, consecrate, mitigate

ify

to make

quantify, magnify, petrify

ize, ise

to make

capitalize, harmonize, revolutionize

kinesis

movement

telekinesis

Adjetivos

Significado

Ejemplos

able, ible

capable of

delectable,portable, legible

acious, icious

full of

audacious, avaricious,

escent

becoming

evanescent, pubescent

holic

love, addiction

alcoholic, workholic

iferous

producing, bearing

pestiferous, vociferous

il, ile

pertaining to , capable of

civil, docile

itis
mania

disease, inflammation
an irrational but irresistible
motive for a gelief or action

hepatitis, gingivitis
kleptomania, megalomania, mythomania

oid

resembling, like

avoid, anthropoid

ose

full of

verbose

ous

full of

nauseous, ludicrous

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