Spanish and Portuguese are closely related languages of the Romance language family. Spanish words with the suffix variants -tad and -dad correspond to -dade and -tade in Portuguese. The underlying form in Spanish is -tad and -tade in Portugese, forms which are similar to the Latin suffix -tate. Here are ten words which illustrate the use of the suffix in the two languages:
electricity electricidad eletricidade
equality igualdad igualdade
liberty libertad liberdade
majesty majestad majestade
reality realidad realidade
responsibility responsabilidad responsabilidade
rivalry rivalidad rivalidade
sincerity sinceridad sinceridade
truth verdad verdade
university universidad universidade
The Spanish suffix -tad and the Portuguese suffix -tade is often -ty in English. The Spanish and Portuguese suffixes are both different from the Latin -tate but nevertheless remain similar. Portuguese preserves the final vowel of the suffix, but Spanish does not.
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