PREFIX
| MEANING
| ROOT
| EXAMPLES
|
ANTI
| Opossite= Opuesto
| social - septic
| antisocial antiseptic
|
BIO
| Life = vida
| chemist – hazard
| biochemist - biohazard
|
CO
| Together = junto
| exist - operate
| co-exist – co- operate
|
DIS
| Reverse= contrario a la raiz
| appear – connect
| disappear - disconnect
|
FORE
| Before, previuos = ante, previo
| arm – tell
| forearm – foretell
|
HYDRO
| Water = agua
| electric - plane
| hydroelectric - hydroplane
|
HYPER
| Extreme = extremo, por encima
| link - ventilate
| hyperlink – hyperventilate
|
IN
| Not – without = no - sin
| fertile - appropriate
| infertile - inappropriate
|
INTER
| Inter = entre, inter
| act – mix
| interact – intermix
|
KILO
| “thousand" modifies the word = “mil” modifica la palabra
| byte - gram
| kilobyte - kilogram
|
MAL
| Bad = malo
| function – treatment
| malfunction – maltreatment
|
MEGA
| Great = grande
| phone – byte
| megaphone – megabyte
|
MICRO
| Small = pequeño
| phone – film
| microphone – microfilm
|
MIS
| Bad, not = Mal, sentido negativo
| lead – behave
| mislead – misbehave
|
NON
| Negative
| fiction - sense
| non-fiction – non-sense
|
OVER
| Too much = demasiado
| sleep – work
| oversleep – overwork
|
RE
| Again= de nuevo
| structure – appear
| restructure – reappear
|
SEMI
| Half, partly= mitad, parcialmente
| circle – final
| semicircle - semifinal
|
SUB
| Beneath = debajo
| way – contract
| subway – subcontract
|
SUPER
| Above, extra = Por encima
| power – charge
| superpower – supercharge
|
TELE
| Far off = lejano
| graph - scope
| telegraph – telescope
|
TRANS
| Over = Sobre
| form – scribe
| transform – transcribe
|
ULTRA
| Excessively = excesivamente
| modern – violet
| ultramodern – ultraviolet
|
UN
| Not = no
| known – plug
| unknown – unplug
|
UNDER
| Below = por debajo, insuficiente
| value – develop
| undervalue – underdevelop
|
SUFFIX
| MEANING
| ROOT
| EXAMPLES
|
ABLE
| Capable of = capacitado para
| comfort – drink
| comfortable – drinkable
|
AL
| Relating to = relacionado a
| nation –politic
| national – political
|
ANCE / ENCE
| Condition, or quality = condición o cualidad
| attend - prefer
| attendance - preference
|
ANT / ENT
| Someone / something performs an action = Quien o que realiza
| consult - study
| consultant - student
|
DOM
| Condition of = Condición de
| king - free
| kingdom - freedom
|
ED
| Relating to verbs, adjectives = Relac verb, adj
| study - bore
| studied - bored
|
ER, OR
| Doer / Compartive = Que realiza una acción / Comparativo
| write - operate
| writer - operator
|
ES / S
| Plural = plural
| class – box - car
| classes – boxes - cars
|
EST
| Comparative / comparativo (Superlative)
| big - small
| biggest - smallest
|
FUL
| Possessing a quality = poseer una cualidad
| care - beauty
| careful - beautiful
|
HOOD
| State of / condition of = estado o condición de
| brother - child
| brotherhood - childhood
|
ING
| Relating to verbs, adjectives =Relac verb, adj, noun
| eat - relax
| eating - relaxing
|
ISH
| Relating to = Relacionado a
| child – fool
| childish - foolish
|
ISM
| Action,occupation =acción, ocupación
| journal - terror
| journalism - terrorism
|
IST
| Person’s activity= actividad de una persona
| journal - terror
| journalist - terrorist
|
ITY
| State or quality of being = estado o cualidad
| complex - similar
| complexity - similarity
|
IVE
| Condition of = Condición de
| effect - attract
| effective - attractive
|
LESS
| Without = sin
| care - end
| careless . endless
|
LY
| Characteristic of = característica de
| easy - bad
| easily - badly
|
MENT
| Action or process = acción o proceso
| advance - move
| advancement - movement
|
NESS
| State of / condition of = estado o condición de
| tender - sick
| tenderness - sickness
|
OUS
| Possessing a quality = poseer una cualidad
| danger - fame
| dangerous famous
|
SHIP
| State of / condition of = estado o condición de
| friend - partner
| friendship - partnership
|
SION
| Act of/Condition of =Acto de / Condición de
| conclude - expand
| conclusion - expansion
|
TION
| Act of/Condition of =Acto de / Condición de
| pollute - donate
| pollution - donation
|