-ar
Spanish, suffix
-ar is spelled A-R (2 letters). -ar is a Spanish feminine suffix meaning “indicates membership or status” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, ár. is a different word: “abbreviation of árabe (“Arabic”)”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Forma el infinitivo en verbos de la primera conjugación”.
What does -ar mean in English?
suffix
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femininemasculineindicates membership or status
gránulo (“granule”) + -ar → granular (“granular”)
suffix
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masculineindicates a place where something is grown
anís (“anise”) + -ar → anisar (“anise field”)
suffix
- 1
forms infinitives of first conjugation verbs indicating an action related to the root word
programa (“program”) + -ar → programar (“to schedule”)
noun
- 1
masculineabbreviation of árabe (“Arabic”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Abreviatura de árabe.
suffix: 1. Forma el infinitivo en verbos de la primera conjugación.
suffix: 1. Forma verbos a partir de sustantivos, a menudo en combinación con a- y en-.
suffix: 1. Forma adjetivos que generalmente indican "relación o pertenencia a" la base derivativa. 2. Forma sustantivos que indican "lugar o área donde hay" lo significado por base derivativa.
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 -ar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.