-ado
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ado
- See -ad-
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese -ado, from Latin -ātus and -ātum, from Proto-Italic *-ātos. Doublet of -ato.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -adu
Suffix edit
-ado (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)
- forms the masculine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitives end in -ar
- forms adjectives, from verbs, meaning “that has suffered the action,” and nouns meaning “something or someone who has suffered the action”
- forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “which contains the suffixed noun”
- forms adjectives, from the names of colours, meaning -ish
Suffix edit
-ado m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ados)
- forms nouns, from the names of types of professionals, meaning the position of being that type of professional; -dom
- forms nouns, from the names of types of professionals, meaning the class formed by those professionals; -ate
- operário (“worker”) + -ado → operariado (“the class formed by workers”)
Coordinate terms edit
- (forms past participles): -ido
Derived terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic *-ātos. Doublet of -ato.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ado (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)
- when added to nouns, forms adjectives indicating a characteristic or resemblance; -ate
- when added to verbs, forms nouns indicating action or the effect of an action
- when added to nouns, forms nouns indicating a collective
- profesor (“teacher”) + -ado → profesorado (“teaching staff”)
- when added to nouns, forms nouns indicating a position or domain
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Suffix edit
-ado (past participle-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)
- forms the masculine singular past participle of regular -ar verbs
Further reading edit
- “-ado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ado (adjective-forming suffix, adverb-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ◌ᜇᜓ)
- used to form adjectives and/or adverbs