-emos
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -emos |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “-emos” em português
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
- 1indicador de primeira pessoa do plural do presente do subjuntivo dos verbos terminados em -ar (primeira conjugação)
- 2indicador de primeira pessoa do plural do imperativo, afirmativo e negativo, dos verbos terminados em -ar (primeira conjugação)
- 3indicador de primeira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo dos verbos terminados em -er (segunda conjugação)
- 4indicador 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.