Changing verbs into nouns.

Question

Here is a good challenge for those of us learning.

There is a recent question posted here on this subject. To the very best of my knowledge as a learner, there is no particular rule to accomplish this tranformation.

I propose that you chose a verb, change it to a noun and post it in Spanish or English.

elaborar= elaboración. Elaborate= elaboration

hospedar= hospedaje. Lodge= lodging

sufrir= sufrimiento. Suffer=suffering.

Answer 1

Gringo: who told you that "lloro" is a noun?

I am responding to a comment on your post.

It would be totally incorrect to say: " (el) rompió en lloro" or "no pude contener el lloro".

Correct: "(el) rompió en llanto" or "no pude contener el llanto"

Please check these things before you post. Many here are learning and can be mislead.

Regards.

LLoro is a parrot. Parrot is a noun. - annierats, Apr 22, 2014

Hi Annie its a Loro o Perico in Mexico :-) - pacofinkler, Apr 23, 2014

There is often a need in many languages to change a verb into a noun. In Spanish this process is called "Substantivación". Wikipedia contains a nice article about it. In English, "skate" is a v. as well as a noun. "Skating" is also a noun. - Esteban3304, Apr 23, 2014

Barrons Spanish Dictionary: "Con estos lloros no conseguiras nada". Here "lloros" is a plural noun. - Esteban3304, Apr 23, 2014

Answer 2

Often the noun form is the same as the first person present.

soñar = sueño

Thanks Gringo. It works for 'gritar' - 'grito'

grito de guerra - war cry

grito de socorro - cry for help

poner el grito en el cielo - scream blue (bloody) murder

Thanks I was drawing a blank for others. - gringojrf, Apr 22, 2014

Good illustration. - annierats, Apr 24, 2014

Answer 3

Often the noun form is the same as the first person present.

soñar = sueño

llorar = lloro

Llorar= llanto. Hi Gringo ! - pacofinkler, Apr 20, 2014

llanto and lloro are both nouns derived from llorar. lloro is the form closest for the example of using the 1st person present - gringojrf, Apr 21, 2014

You get a vote for a great tip! Thanks! - 007c5fc1, Apr 22, 2014

Answer 4

This should be a comment but I am not sure how long one can be - our Spanish teacher gets us to change a noun into an adverb/verb/ adjective etc as a way of increasing our vocabulary. This article should help

suffixes

Good Link. - gringojrf, Apr 20, 2014

Thanks - Mardle, Apr 20, 2014

This is awesome, thank you Mardle. - 007c5fc1, Apr 22, 2014

Answer 5

Verb: caminar ( to walk)

noun : el camino ( the road/lane/track/path) which out of intrest leads on to the person walking; el caminante.

Caminante no hay camino - Poema por Antonio Machado

Caminante, son tus huellas

el camino y nada más;

Caminante, no hay camino,

se hace camino al andar.

Al andar se hace el camino,

y al volver la vista atrás

se ve la senda que nunca

se ha de volver a pisar.

Caminante no hay camino

sino estelas en la mar.

Very nice amiga. - 007c5fc1, Apr 24, 2014

Thanks Annie :) - rac1, Apr 24, 2014

Answer 6

Gringo: who told you that "lloro" is a noun?

The dictionary, actually three dictionaries.

lloro masculine noun 1. crying, tears

Copyright © 2006 Harrap Publishers Limited

lloro [lyo'-ro] noun 1. Act of weeping or crying. (m)

Velazquez® Spanish and English Dictionary. Copyright © 2007 by Velazquez® Press. All rights reserved.

lloro 1 (llanto) crying; weeping; tears plural ; (p) (berrido) wailing 2 (en grabación) wow

Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

I checked your sources and they do not confirm your answer. Did you?- Spanishdict has many errors. - Clío, Apr 22, 2014

The act of weeping or crying is not a noun, it is an action. - Clío, Apr 22, 2014

La nominalización del verbo sería en todo caso "el llorar" - Clío, Apr 22, 2014

Well we will just have to disagree. Even the RAE lists it as a masculine noun. lloro. 1. m. Acción de llorar. - gringojrf, Apr 22, 2014

Gringo,I bet the parrots got their name from the verb too. - annierats, Apr 22, 2014

Clio, "the act of weeping or crying" is an "action", true enough. The word "action" is, however, a noun. Thus, any specific action - weeping, crying, running, eating, etc. are specific actions, and all of them are nouns. - Esteban3304, Apr 23, 2014

In addition, these words can also function as present participles, giving them an additional function as an adjective. The syntactical rules and grammar rules of languages are complex. - Esteban3304, Apr 23, 2014

Answer 7

Just thought of another, after seeing in on some old tickets I was filing.

Aterrizar - to land

el Aterrizaje - the landing

Another good one ! - pacofinkler, Apr 23, 2014

Very good, it is easy to rember, themost terryfying moment el aterrizaje.. apropriate. - annierats, Apr 24, 2014

Answer 8

Another common ending for converting nouns to verbs would be -izaje

p.ej.

learning? ?el aprendizaje ? noun

I´ve seen others, but now that I´m trying to recall them, I´m utterly failing.

The only other one that sticks in my head as fairly common (and not already mentioned) is -miento

pensar - to think

el pensamiento - the thought

Estacionamiento = parking - gringojrf, Apr 22, 2014

exactly, good common example gringo! - rogspax, Apr 22, 2014

Another good one Rog - pacofinkler, Apr 23, 2014

Answer 9

A bit of back-up for Gringo here:

castigar- 1st person sing: castigo ( To punish)

Noun: castigo ( punishment)

Thanks Annie - gringojrf, Apr 22, 2014

great keep them coming - pacofinkler, Apr 23, 2014

Good point, Annie, and totally without error of any kind. But you might want to place the parenthetical meaning right after the infinitive for improved clarity. - Esteban3304, Apr 23, 2014