-ilho

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʎu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ʎo/

-ilho m (feminine -ilha, plural -ilhos, feminine plural -ilhas)

1. forms diminutives

   trocado (“switched”) + -ilho → trocadilho (“pun; spoonerism”)

   esparto (“esparto, a plant used in fibre production”) + -ilho → espartilho (“corset”)

   andar (“to walk”) + -ilho → andarilho (“vagabond”)

Usually used when coining words with a different (and often derogatory) meaning, rather than giving the idea of small to the suffixed word (the more common function of diminutive).

Often found in Spanish loanwords containing -illo.

• (forms diminutives): -inho, -zinho, -ito, -culo, -ete