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vogal temática

Portuguese, noun

vogal temática is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the first vowel of a suffix, such as a and i in -ado and -ido respectively” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does vogal temática mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininethe first vowel of a suffix, such as a and i in -ado and -ido respectively

  2. 2

    femininethematic vowel (the vowel *e or *o before a suffix in Proto-Indo-European)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. vogal que liga o radical de uma palavra (verbo ou substantivo) às desinências, permitindo a flexão (conjugação em verbos, por exemplo)

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of vogal temática

  • vogais temáticas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).