-avam

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -avan, from Latin -ābant. Compare Galician and Spanish -aban. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -avɐ̃w̃ === Suffix === -avam (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix) a suffix indicating the third-person plural indicative imperfect of a verb in -ar ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-avam → ‎amavam (“[They] used to love”) ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-avam → ‎cantavam (“[They] used to sing”) ==== See also ==== -iam