-aço
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "aco"
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin -āceus. Cognate to Galician and Spanish -azo, French -asse and Italian -accio. Doublet of -áceo.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -asu
- Hyphenation: -a‧ço
Suffix[edit]
-aço m (noun-forming suffix, plural -aços)
- forms augmentatives of praise: nouns expressing greatness
- forms augmentatives of size
- added to the names of objects to indicade an action made with it, especially violent or vigorous action
- forms the names of conditions resulting from a process indicated by the suffixed verb
- forms the names of residues
Derived terms[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-aço (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -aça, masculine plural -aços, feminine plural -aças)
- (rare) forms augmentatives of degree
See also[edit]
Categories:
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/asu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/asu/2 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese suffixes
- Portuguese noun-forming suffixes
- Portuguese countable suffixes
- Portuguese masculine suffixes
- Portuguese adjective-forming suffixes
- Portuguese terms with rare senses