-emos

suffix

The verdict

“-emos” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indicador de primeira pessoa do plural do presente do subjuntivo dos verbos terminados em -ar (primeira conjugação)

Corpus desk

Index PT-emos · -emos · Portuguese

-emos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "-" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for -emos
PropertyValue
Headword-emos
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechSuffix
Letters5
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “-emos” em português

-emosnão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

-emos is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for -emos in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is -emos, spelled --E-M-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    indicador de primeira pessoa do plural do presente do subjuntivo dos verbos terminados em -ar (primeira conjugação)
  2. 2
    indicador de primeira pessoa do plural do imperativo, afirmativo e negativo, dos verbos terminados em -ar (primeira conjugação)
  3. 3
    indicador de primeira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo dos verbos terminados em -er (segunda conjugação)
  4. 4
    indicador de primeira pessoa do plural do pretérito perfeito do indicativo dos verbos terminados em -er (segunda conjugação)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "-emos"?
"-emos" is spelled --E-M-O-S.
What does "-emos" mean?
As a suffix, "-emos" means: indicador de primeira pessoa do plural do presente do subjuntivo dos verbos terminados em -ar (primeira conjugação)
What language does "-emos" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list