-azo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /ˈaθo/
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /ˈaso/
Suffix
-azo m (feminine -aza, plural -azos, feminine plural -azas)
- Forming augmentatives; words expressing greatness or size
- Forming pejoratives; words emphasizing contempt for a subject
- Forming words expressing a hit or strike
- Forming words expressing suddenness or brevity
- teléfono (“telephone”) + -azo → telefonazo (“a sudden ring of the telephone”)
- ducha (“shower”) + -azo → duchazo (“a quick shower”)
Derived terms
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External links
- “-azo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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