-acho
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin -aculus, -iculus, -uculus.
SuffixEdit
-acho m (feminine -acha) -icho m (feminine -icha) -ucho m (feminine -ucha)
SpanishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
SuffixEdit
-acho m (plural -achos)
- used in forming pejoratives from nouns and adjectives
Usage notesEdit
- Used especially after masculine nouns. Compare -acha.
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- “-acho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014