Word-Building: Noun, Verb, and Adjective Prefixes

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Trans - across

Re - again

Super - big / more than normal

Extra - outside

Hyper - very big / much more than normal

Anti - against

Pro - in favour of

Examples:

  • Overeat: eat too much
  • Unpaid: not paid enough
  • Ex-girlfriend: former girlfriend
  • Under-charge: por debajo
  • Pro-European: europeo a tope
  • Intercontinental o transcontinental:
  • Anti-war: anti guerra
  • Superstar: superestrella
  • Retaking: volver a hacer
  • Supermarket

We sometimes use a hyphen (-) after a prefix, especially when:

  • The prefix ends with the same letter that the word begins with.
  • The word is a name, which begins with a capital letter.
  • After the prefix ex-.

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