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The term augmentative<\/strong> can be used as adjective<\/strong> to qualify that which increases<\/strong> (that is, it increases or enlarges). The most common use of the term, however, is specifically linked to a type of affix<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Augmentative\"A affix<\/strong> is a linguistic element that can be prepended, inserted, or postponed in a lexeme or word to produce a modification in its meaning<\/strong>. In the case of augmentatives, they are suffixes<\/strong>: affixes that appear at the end of the lexeme or word.<\/p>\n

Augmentatives express a increase<\/strong> of size<\/strong>, the intensity<\/strong> wave importance<\/strong> of what they modify. Among the most used augmentatives are \u2013Azo<\/strong>, \u2013Ona<\/strong>, \u2013On<\/strong>, \u2013Aza<\/strong>, \u2013Ota<\/strong> Y \u2013Ote<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Although these are the elements that are used, in general, to create augmentatives, there are others. Specifically, although they are not so common, we come across the endings -acho, -acha, -ton, -tona, -rr\u00f3n or -rona, among others. An example would be the word \"big man.\"<\/p>\n

There are many occasions in which an augmentative is used to show that it is referring to something very important, of great quality. Thus, for example, one can say: \"The last work of the director Alejandro Amen\u00e1bar is a real movie.\" In this way, it becomes clear that the film he has made is very good in every way.<\/p>\n

In the same line of the aforementioned example, there are others like these:
- \"Mal\u00fa is preparing a new album that, according to those who have heard it, is going to be a great album that will sweep sales.\"
- \"The person in charge of teaching the Contemporary World History subject in the faculty is a great professor.\"
- \u201cThe match that FC Barcelona and Real Madrid are going to play will be a great match. And it is that it will allow to see the game of some of the best footballers of the world like Messi, Luis Su\u00e1rez or Cristiano Ronaldo \u201d.<\/p>\n

The mode of use of the augmentatives varies according to the country<\/strong>. In this way, some concepts that are common in one nation may be strange in another.<\/p>\n

A example<\/strong> of augmentative is \"Problem\"<\/em>. In this case, at the end \"trouble\"<\/em> the augmentative suffix is \u200b\u200badded \"Azo\"<\/em> to form the notion of \"Problem\"<\/em>: a big problem. Thus expressions such as \"I don't know how we are going to solve this matter: it is a huge problem!\"<\/em>, \"I had a great problem with the documentation of the car but, luckily, I was able to solve it\"<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Great game\"<\/em>, \"Bowl\"<\/em>, \"huge\"<\/em>, \"Great body\"<\/em> Y \"Dog\"<\/em> are other examples of augmentatives that are used frequently in various regions<\/strong>: \"Last night Brazil and Germany played a great game that ended with the triumph of the European team\"<\/em>, \"I had a big bowl of lentils for lunch today\"<\/em>, \"A big man tried to hit Juan\"<\/em>, \"The actress surprised with her great body\", \"I dreamed that a dog was chasing me to bite me\"<\/em>.<\/p>\n

No less relevant is that, in addition to augmentatives, there are so-called superlatives. What these come to do is increase the meaning of a term but to the greatest degree possible. An example can be established with the adjective grande. The augmentative can be big while the superlative would be huge. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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