-avo
Italian Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Suffix Edit
-avo (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix)
- used with a stem to form the first-person singular imperfect of regular -are verbs
Anagrams Edit
Karelian Edit
Etymology Edit
From earlier *-ado, from Proto-Finnic *-o (whence also Finnish -o) plus the inflectional stem of verbs ending in *-at'ak. Cognates include Finnish -uu.
Suffix Edit
-avo (front vowel harmony variant -ävö)
- Forms abstract nouns from verbs in -ata.
Portuguese Edit
Suffix Edit
-avo m (plural -avos)
- forms fractionals
Derived terms Edit
Spanish Edit
Suffix Edit
-avo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ava, masculine plural -avos, feminine plural -avas)
-avo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -avos)
- added to a cardinal number to signify one portion of a whole divided into that number of pieces; forms both nouns and adjectives
Usage notes Edit
- Only used for numbers greater than 10. Less common for numbers 1000 and above (use the vigésimo ordinal form which is also signifies portions). If the cardinal number ends in -a, do not add another one (cuarentavo instead of !cuarentaavo). The conversion of cien is irregular (centavo).
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “-avo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014