-ó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "o"

Catalan

Etymology

Latin -ō

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -o

Suffix

-ó (feminine -ona)

1. Diminutive suffix.

   ‎castell (“castel”) + ‎-ó → ‎Castelló (“city in Valencia”)

   ‎mitja (“stocking”) + ‎-ó → ‎mitjó (“sock”)

   ‎petit + ‎-ó → ‎petitó

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese -oo, from Latin -olus, and extension of -lus. Cognate with Spanish -uelo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔ]

Suffix

-ó (plural -ós, feminine counterpart -oa)

1. (archaic) usually added to masculine nouns to form a diminutive or a related noun

   ‎faceira (“cheek”) + ‎-ó → ‎faceiró (“pillow”)

   Synonyms: -elo, -iño, -olo

Derived terms

Galician terms suffixed with -ó

Related terms

• -olo

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oː]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-ó

1. (present-participle suffix) -ing. Added to a verb to form the present participle.

   olvas (“to read”) → olvasó (“reading”)

   Hol van az olvasószemüvegem? ― Where are my reading glasses?

Usage notes

• Harmonic variants:

  -ó is added to back-vowel verbs

  -ő is added to front-vowel verbs

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-ó

2. (diminutive suffix) Added to a shortened form of a noun to derive a diminutive noun.

   Katalin (“Catherine”) → Kató (“Cathy”)

Usage notes

• Harmonic variants:

  -ó is added to back-vowel verbs

  -ő is added to front-vowel verbs

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -ó

See also

• Category:Hungarian present participles
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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Icelandic

Suffix

-ó n

1. (informal) a suffix used to create colloquial shortenings, usually consisting of the first syllable of the word + -ó (these can be nouns, adjectives, and, more rarely, adverbs)

Derived terms

Icelandic terms suffixed with -ó

nouns

• fíknó (from fíkniefnadeild)
• gaggó (from gagnfræðaskóli)
• kæró (from kærasti, kærasta)
• kýló (from kýlubolti)
• leyndó
• mömmó (from mömmuleikur)
• sleikjó (from sleikipinni)
• strætó (from strætisvagn)
• tengdó (from tengda- in tengdamóðir, tengdaforeldri, tengdafólk, etc.)
• tíkó (from tíkarspenar)
• trúnó
• tyggjó (from tyggigúmmi)

adjectives

• abbó (from afbrýðisamur)
• dónó (from dónalegur)
• halló (from hallærislegur)
• huggó (from huggulegur)
• kammó (from Danish kammerat (“mate”))
• lummó (from lummulegur)
• púkó (from púkalegur)
• rómó (from rómantískur)
• samfó (from samferða)
• sæmó (from sæmilegur)
• vandró (from vandræðalegt)
• ömó (from ömurlegur)

adverbs

• sömó (from sömuleiðis)
• ógó (from ógeðslega)

interjections

• bæjó (from bæ)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *-āut, from Latin -āvit.

Suffix

-ó

1. a suffix indicating the third-person singular indicative preterite of a verb in -ar