-ejar

Inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -itzar, which was borrowed.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʒa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈd͡ʒaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

-ejar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ejo, first-person singular preterite -egí, past participle -ejat)

1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns

• -itzar

Inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -izar, which was borrowed.

• IPA^(key): /eˈdʒa/

-ejar

1. forms verbs from adjectives and nouns

• -ear

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ejar, inherited from Late Latin -izāre. Doublet of -izar, which was borrowed.

-ejar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ejo, first-person singular preterite -ejei, past participle -ejado)

1. -le (forms verbs with the frequentative aspect)

   Synonym: -ear

   ‎gota (“drop”) + ‎-ejar → ‎gotejar (“to drip”)

2. forms verbs meaning “to use, apply or perform [the suffixed noun]”

   ‎vela (“sail”) + ‎-ejar → ‎velejar (“to sail”)