-azo
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "azo"
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese -aço, from Latin -āceus; cognate with Portuguese -aço and Spanish -azo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-azo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -azos, feminine -aza, feminine plural -azas)
- forms nouns denoting belonging, relation, resemblance or containment of the thing suffixed
- forms augmentatives, i.e. words expressing greatness or size
- forms words expressing a hit or strike
Derived terms[edit]
From
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin -āceus. Compare Galician -azo and Portuguese -aço.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈaθo/ [ˈa.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈaso/ [ˈa.so]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -aθo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -aso
- Syllabification: -a‧zo
Suffix[edit]
-azo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -azos, feminine -aza, feminine plural -azas)
- forms augmentatives, i.e. words expressing greatness or size
- forms pejoratives, i.e. words emphasizing contempt for a subject
- forms words expressing a hit or strike
- forms words expressing suddenness or brevity
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “-azo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms inherited from Latin
- Galician terms derived from Latin
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician suffixes
- Galician noun-forming suffixes
- Galician countable suffixes
- Galician masculine suffixes
- Galician augmentative suffixes
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/aθo
- Rhymes:Spanish/aθo/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/aso
- Rhymes:Spanish/aso/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish suffixes
- Spanish noun-forming suffixes
- Spanish countable suffixes
- Spanish masculine suffixes
- Spanish augmentative suffixes
- Spanish pejorative suffixes