-fobo

Galician

Suffix

-fobo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -fobos, feminine -foba, feminine plural -fobas)

1. -phobe

   Synonym: -fóbico

Suffix

-fobo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -foba, masculine plural -fobos, feminine plural -fobas)

1. -phobic

   Synonym: -fóbico

Derived terms

From

Galician terms suffixed with -fobo

anglófobo

claustrófobo

heterófobo

homófobo

islamófobo

neófobo

.

Italian

Suffix

-fobo m (feminine -foba)

1. -phobe
2. -phobic

Derived terms

Italian terms suffixed with -fobo

agorafobo

anglofobo

aracnofobo

eliofobo

fotofobo

francofobo

germanofobo

idrofobo

liofobo

necrofobo

ombrofobo

ossigenofobo

pirofobo

senofobo

sessuofobo

tecnofobo

tedescofobo

xenofobo

zoofobo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /fo.bu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /fo.bu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /fo.bo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (stressed on the antepenultimate syllable) /fu.bu/ [fu.βu]

Suffix

-fobo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -fobos, feminine -foba, feminine plural -fobas)

1. -phobe

   Synonym: -fóbico

Suffix

-fobo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -foba, masculine plural -fobos, feminine plural -fobas)

1. -phobic

Derived terms

Portuguese terms suffixed with -fobo

acrófobo

americanófobo

andrófobo

anglófobo

cenófobo

claustrófobo

heliófobo

heterofóbico

heterófobo

homófobo

islamófobo

misófobo

neófobo

xenófobo

Further reading

• “-fobo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “-fobo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Alternative forms

• -fóbico

Suffix

-fobo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -fobos, feminine -foba, feminine plural -fobas)

1. -phobe

Suffix

-fobo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -foba, masculine plural -fobos, feminine plural -fobas)

1. -phobic

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -fobo

aerófobo

anglófobo

claustrófobo

eurófobo

francófobo

heterofóbico

heterófobo

hidrófobo

islamófobo

tránsfobo

xenófobo

Further reading

• “‒́fobo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025