More About Forming Nouns from Verbs

Some nouns can also be formed with the addition of either the suffix -ancia or -encia to the roots of several verbs. Try to guess what the following verbs and nouns mean:

Verb	Newly Formed Noun
coincidir	la coincidencia
preferir	la preferencia
tolerar	la tolerancia
vigilar	la vigilancia

Another common way for nouns to be formed out of verbs is by the addition of the suffixes ción and sión; the newly formed noun has a feminine gender, so they will begin with la. These nouns are counterparts to English words ending in "-tion".

Verb	Newly Formed Noun
formar	la formación
dominar	la dominación
preparar	la preparación
obligar	la obligación
complicar	la complicación
conversar	la conversación
participar	la participación

One other way to form a noun out of a verb is to add the suffix -miento. Check the following examples out. For these, we'll use the verbs agotar and entender, respectively:

A causa de él acaba de correr, tiene mucho agotamiento. Because he just finished running, he has a lot of exhaustion.

Los estudiantes tiene un buen entendimiento del sujeto. The students have a good understanding of the subject.