Meaning of -ón | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun
   masculine, morpheme
2. forms a noun from a different (usually larger) but related or similar one
   masculine, morpheme
3. forms the augmentative of nouns
   masculine, morpheme

Examples

“ornear (“to horn, trumpet”) + -ón → orneón (“drone of a bagpipe”)”

“pisar (“to press”) + -ón → pisón (“rammer”)”

“podar (“to prune”) + -ón → podón (“prunning hook”)”

“abella (“bee”) + -ón → abellón (“drone”)”

“cagalla (“dropping”) + -ón → cagallón (“turd”)”

“caixa (“box”) + -ón → caixón (“drawer”)”

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