At Portuguese language, the use of sounds az, ez, iz, oz, uz occur predominantly at the end of words. Thus, this use provides a stressed syllable in the words in which the sounds occur.
Thus, all words ending in az, ez, iz, oz, uz are oxytone. An oxytone word has the last syllable as the stressed syllable, for example, incapaz, feroz, among others.
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It is noteworthy that there are words with az, ez, iz, oz, uz at the beginning or in the middle, however, they are uncommon. Check out some:
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