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
|
