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Aula grátisThe suffix -iza forms a relatively small group of feminine nouns from noun bases. In the pattern exemplified by golpe → golpiza, it usually has a collective/intensive meaning, especially 'a series or succession of blows'.
Unlike -ero, -ista or -ismo, this pattern is geographically restricted: apart from paliza, which is general Spanish, many formations are particularly American. The RAE specifically discusses this group.
Ordered approximately by frequency:
| # | Spanish Noun | Noun in English | Base Noun | Base Noun in English |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paliza | beating; thrashing; heavy defeat | palo | stick |
| 2 | golpiza | beating; series of blows | golpe | blow; hit |
| 3 | cueriza | beating; thrashing | cuero | leather; hide |
| 4 | cachetiza | series of slaps | cachete | cheek |
| 5 | tranquiza | beating; thrashing | tranca | bar; club |
| 6 | reatiza | beating with a rope/lariat | reata | rope; lariat |
| 7 | trompiza | beating; series of punches | trompo / trompa | spinning top / snout |
| 8 | cuesquiza | series of punches | cuesco | punch (regional sense) |
The RAE explicitly gives these derivations:
There is also patiza, but the RAE associates it with the verb patear, so for a strict classification it is excluded from N-iza and treated as a possible verbal-base formation.
The same -iza also occurs in some denominal place nouns, such as caballeriza, cabreriza, corraliza, porqueriza and vaqueriza, but these constitute a separate semantic subgroup ('place for X') and are less straightforward morphologically.
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