-aço

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin -āceus.

Suffix

-aço m (feminine -aça, plural -aços, feminine plural -aças)

1. Forming augmentatives; words expressing greatness or size.

   ‎gol (“goal”) + ‎-aço → ‎golaço (“a nice football goal”)

   ‎ponto (“point”) + ‎-aço → ‎pontaço (“a nice point scored”)

   ‎corpo (“body”) + ‎-aço → ‎corpaço (“a sexy body”)

See also

• -ão