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O prefixo MIS em inglês é um prefixo aplicado a várias classes gramaticais, significando “ill”, “mistaken”, “wrong”, “wrongly”, “incorrectly” ou simplesmente negando: mistrial (anulação do julgamento); misprint (erro de impressão); mistrust (desconfiança).
| Palavra raiz | Tradução | Prefixo MIS | Tradução |
|---|---|---|---|
| calculation | cálculo | miscalculation | erro de cálculo |
| appropriate | apropriado | misappropriate | inapropriado |
| diagnoses | diagnósticos | misdiagnoses | diagnósticos errados |
| information | informação | misinformation | desinformação |
| functioning | funcionando | misfunctioning | funcionando mal |
| identify | identificar | misidentify | estranhar |
| translation | tradução | mistranslation | tradução incorreta |
| represented | representado | misrepresented | deturpado |
| understand | compreendo | misunderstand | entender mal |
| management | gestão | mismanagement | má gestão |
| placed | colocado | misplaced | extraviado |
| balanced | equilibrado | misbalanced | desequilibrado |
| believers | crentes | misbelievers | descrentes |
| direct | orientar | misdirect | orientar mal |
| shaped | modelado | misshaped | deformado |
| Prefix | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| a- | verb > predicative adjective with progressive aspect | afloat, atremble |
| after- | following after, behind | aftermath, afterlife |
| anti- | against, opposite | anti-freeze, antivirus, anticlimax, Antichrist |
| back- | behind an object/structure (locative/directional) | backporch, backhoe, backfire |
| be- | equipped with, covered with, beset with (pejorative or facetious) | bedeviled, becalm, bedazzle, bewitch |
| by- | near to, next to | byway, bypass, byproduct |
| co- | joint, with, accompanying | co-worker, coordinator, cooperation |
| de- | reverse action, get rid of | de-emphasize |
| dis- | not, opposite of | disloyal, disagree, dishonest, dislike |
| dis- | reverse action, get rid of | disconnect, disinformation |
| down- | from higher/greater to lower/lesser | download, downright, downbeat |
| en-, em- | to make into, to put into, to get into | empower, enmesh |
| ex- | former | ex-husband, ex-boss, ex-colleague, ex-friend |
| fore- | before, in front | forearm, forerunner, forebode |
| hind- | after | hindsight, hindquarters |
| mid- | middle | midstream, midlife |
| midi- | medium-sized | midi-length, Midibus |
| mini- | small | minimarket, mini-room, minivan |
| mis- | wrong, astray | misinformation, misguide, misfortune, misbehave, misspell |
| off- | non-standard, away | off-color, offish, offset |
| on- | immediate proximity, locative | onset, onlook, ongoing, oncoming |
| out- | better, faster, longer, farther | outreach, outcome, outlier |
| over- | excessive, above | overreact, overact, overbearing |
| post- | after, behind | post-election, post-graduation, post-war |
| pre- | before | Precast, Prequel |
| pro- | for, forward, in favor of | propulsion, propound, pro-life |
| re- | again, back | redo, revisit, rerun, reorganize |
| self- | self | self-sufficient, self-explanatory |
| step- | family relation by remarriage | stepbrother, stepmother, stepfather, stepsister |
| twi- | two | twibill, twilight, twins |
| un- | not, against, opposite of | unnecessary, unequal, undesirable, unhappy |
| un- | reverse action, deprive of, release from | undo, untie, unexpected, unlock |
| under- | below, beneath, lower in grade or dignity, lesser, insufficient | underachieve, underpass, understand, undergo |
| up- | greater, higher, or better | upgrade, uplift, upright |
| with- | against, back, away (from) | withstand, withhold |
Os sufixos são algumas letras que adicionamos ao final das palavras para alterar o significado delas. Em inglês, é importante saber o que os sufixos em inglês significam para expandir o vocabulário.
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