-ái
Spanish, suffix/ˈai/
-ái is spelled Á-I (2 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,704th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -ái is a Spanish suffix meaning “Used for the second-person singular present indicative for verbs finishing in -ar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does -ái mean in English?
suffix
- 1
colloquialnonstandardUsed for the second-person singular present indicative for verbs finishing in -ar.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Grafía alternativa de ay.
noun: 1. Grafía alternativa de aí.
noun: 1. (Bradypus tridactylus) Una de las especies de perezosos que vive en la cuenca del Orinoco y en la del Amazonas. Tiene el pelaje parduzco, grisáceo y áspero con manchas blancas en el rostro y oscuras a través de las orejas y el pelaje. Posee una cola corta y las extremidades superiores son más largas que las inferiores, cada pata posee tres dedos, de ahí su nombre.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of -ái
- aís plural
- aíes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce -ái?
- /ˈai/
- [ˈai̯]
- [ˈaj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is -ái in Spanish?
-ái appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).