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The full table

Prefixes change the meaning; endings change the size or the feeling.

notincapace, impossibile, illegale, irregolare
not, undodisonesto, disfare, scontento, scaricare
again, backrifare, rileggere, ritornare
when, wherepre-, post-, sotto-, sopra-/sovra-, inter-
how much, withanti-, extra-, ultra-, stra-, co-/con-
small · big · badgattino, casetta · librone · tempaccio

Il- and ir- double the consonant: illegale, irregolare. Sopra- and sovra- usually do too: sopravvalutare.

-one often makes a feminine noun masculine: la porta → il portone.

Look-alikes: mulino (mill), lampone (raspberry), burrone (ravine).