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Answer by Paulo Oliveira for Verbs ending in "sar" and "zar": is there any...

Eu prefiro explicar desta maneira: não se trata de -zar, mas de -izar, uma derivação comum na morfologia das línguas românicas (e nas que têm essa origem no Inglês e no Alemão) que em Português implica...

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Answer by André Souza Lemos for Verbs ending in "sar" and "zar": is there any...

Verbs that end in -sar are derived from nouns whose last syllable has already an "s", if that syllable is preserved in the transition to the verbal variation. Otherwise, the -zar form will be used.The...

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Verbs ending in "sar" and "zar": is there any rule about the use "s" or "z"?

To be honest, primary school was long ago and I can't remember if I was taught any rule. I know when to use "s" or "z" from everyday usage, I presume. we use an "s" in such verbs as atrasar, alisar,...

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