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-aje

Spanish, suffix

-aje is spelled A-J-E (3 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 71,694th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -aje is a Spanish masculine suffix meaning “forms masculine nouns expressing an action, quantity, location, period of time, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, ajé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of ajar”. On this page, aje is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Forma sustantivos masculinos indicando "acción o efecto de" la base, a veces indicando el pago de un derecho…”.

What does -aje mean in English?

suffix

  1. 1

    masculineforms masculine nouns expressing an action, quantity, location, period of time, etc.

    aprendiz (“apprentice”) + -aje → aprendizaje (“apprenticeship”)

  2. 2

    masculineforms masculine nouns with the sense of collection; -age

    pluma + -aje → plumaje (“plumage”)

  3. 3

    masculineforms nouns

    lengua + -aje → lenguaje

verb

as ajé
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of ajar

verb

as aje
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. Forma sustantivos masculinos indicando "acción o efecto de" la base, a veces indicando el pago de un derecho sobre esa acción. 2. Forma sustantivos masculinos que indican "conjunto o grupo" de lo indicado por la base.

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.

English words that translate to -aje

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is -aje in Spanish?

-aje appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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