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-iar

Spanish, suffix/-ˈjaɾ/

-iar is a Spanish suffix meaning “alternative form of -ear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Variante informal de -ear (forma verbos a partir de sustantivos, adjetivos y algunos pronombres, indicando…”.

What does -iar mean in English?

suffix

  1. 1

    alternative form of -ear

  2. 2

    forms verbs from adjectives and nouns, equivalent to English -ize

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. Variante informal de -ear (forma verbos a partir de sustantivos, adjetivos y algunos pronombres, indicando acciones o estados asociados con la palabra de la cual se derivan).

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.

How do you pronounce -iar?

  • /-ˈjaɾ/
  • [ˈjaɾ]
  • [iˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.