-astro

See also: Astro, astro, and astro-

Italian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin -astrum, accusative singualar of -aster. Cognate to French -âtre and Spanish -astro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈastro/, [ˈäs̪.t̪r̺o̞]
• Hyphenation: -a‧stro

Suffix

-astro m (feminine -astra, masculine plural -astri, feminine plural -astre)

1. (forms nouns and adjectives) Used to express incomplete resemblance, generally with a pejorative connotation:
   1. Used to form pejoratives; -aster, -ster

      ‎giovine (“young”) + ‎-astro → ‎giovinastro (“youngster”)

      ‎poeta (“poet”) + ‎-astro → ‎poetastro (“poetaster”)

   2. (appended to a colour) -ish

      ‎bianco (“white”) + ‎-astro → ‎biancastro (“whitish”)

   3. (appended to fratello, sorella, figlio or figlia) step-

      ‎fratello (“brother”) + ‎-astro → ‎fratellastro (“stepbrother”)

      ‎sorella (“sister”) + ‎-astra → ‎sorellastra (“stepsister”)

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -astro

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) -astrō

1. dative masculine singular of -aster
2. dative neuter singular of -aster
3. ablative masculine singular of -aster
4. ablative neuter singular of -aster

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Portuguese

Suffix

-astro m (feminine -astra, plural -astra, feminine plural -astras)

1. -aster (forms pejoratives)

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Spanish

Suffix

-astro m (f -astra)

1. Used to form nouns with a pejorative or lower meaning.

   político (“politician”) → politicastro (“corrupt politician”)

   hermano (“brother”) → hermanastro (“stepbrother”)

   hijo (“son”) → hijastro (“stepson”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -astro