-ado

See also: ado, ADO, Ado, and adó

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈado]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: a‧do

Suffix

-ado

1. See -ad-

Derived terms

Esperanto words suffixed with -ado

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese -ado, from Latin -ātus and -ātum, from Proto-Italic *-ātos. Doublet of -ato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈa.du/, [ˈa.du]

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈa.du/, [ˈa.ðu]

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.do/
• Rhymes: -adu

Suffix

-ado m (feminine -ada, plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)

1. forms the masculine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitives end in -ar

   ‎falar (“to speak”) + ‎-ado → ‎falado (“spoken”)

2. forms adjectives, from verbs, meaning “that has suffered the action,” and nouns meaning “something or someone who has suffered the action”

   ‎pescar (“to fish”) + ‎-ado → ‎pescado (“which has been fished”)

   ‎pescar (“to fish”) + ‎-ado → ‎pescado (“the yield from a fishing trip”)

3. forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “which contains the suffixed noun”

   ‎farpa (“barb”) + ‎-ado → ‎farpado (“barbed”)

   ‎pena (“feather”) + ‎-ado → ‎penado (“feathered”)

4. forms nouns, from the names of types of professionals, meaning the position of being that type of professional; -dom

   ‎decurião (“decurion”) + ‎-ado → ‎decuriado (“the position of a decurion”)

   Synonym: -ato

5. 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”)

6. forms adjectives, from the names of colours, meaning -ish

   ‎amarelo (“yellow, the colour yellow”) + ‎-ado → ‎amarelado (“yellowish”)

   ‎azul (“blue, the colour blue”) + ‎-ado → ‎azulado (“bluish”)

Coordinate terms

• (forms past participles): -ido

Derived terms

• a- -ado
• es- -ado

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic *-ātos. Doublet of -ato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈado/, [ˈa.ð̞o]

Suffix

-ado (feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)

1. Suffix indicating the masculine singular past participle of regular -ar verbs.

Related terms

• -ada

Further reading

• “-ado” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish -ado.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧do
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔado/
• Rhymes: -ado

Suffix

-ado

1. used to form adjectives and/or adverbs

Derived terms

Tagalog words suffixed with -ado