-ado
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FromPortuguese-ado.
- IPA(key): /ˈa.du/,(rare)/ˈa.do/
-ado
- participle-forming suffix
- Coordinate term:-ido
- vangueâ(“to faint”) + -ado → vangueado(“fainted”)
- estricâ(“to iron”) + -ado → estricado(“ironed”)
- adjective-forming suffix
- Past participles are often used withficâ(“to become”).
FromOld Galician-Portuguese-ado, fromLatin-ātus and-ātum, fromProto-Italic*-ātos.Doublet of-ato.
-ado (adjective-forming suffix,feminine-ada,masculine plural-ados,feminine plural-adas)
- forms themasculinesingularpast participle of verbs whose infinitives end in-ar
- falar(“to speak”) + -ado → falado(“spoken”)
- 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”)
- forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “which contains the suffixed noun”
- farpa(“barb”) + -ado → farpado(“barbed”)
- pena(“feather”) + -ado → penado(“feathered”)
- 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”)
-ado m (noun-forming suffix,plural-ados)
- forms nouns, from the names of types of professionals, meaning the position of being that type of professional;-dom
- Synonym:-ato
- decurião(“decurion”) + -ado → decuriado(“the position of a decurion”)
- 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”)
- (forms past participles):-ido
Inherited fromLatin-ātus, fromProto-Italic*-ātos.Doublet of-ato.
- IPA(key): /ˈado/[ˈa.ð̞o]
- Rhymes:-ado
- Syllabification:-a‧do
-ado (adjective-forming suffix,feminine-ada,masculine plural-ados,feminine plural-adas)
- when added to nouns, forms adjectives indicating a characteristic or resemblance;-ate
- lóbulo(“lobe”) + -ado → lobulado(“lobate”)
- when added to verbs, forms nouns indicating action or the effect of an action
- afeitar(“to shave”) + -ado → afeitado(“shave”)
- when added to nouns, forms nouns indicating a collective
- profesor(“teacher”) + -ado → profesorado(“teaching staff”)
- when added to nouns, forms nouns indicating a position or domain
- obispo(“bishop”) + -ado → obispado(“bishopric”)
-ado (past participle-forming suffix,feminine-ada,masculine plural-ados,feminine plural-adas)
- forms the masculine singularpast participle of regular-ar verbs
- llamar(“to call”) + -ado → llamado(“called”)
- caminar(“to come/walk”) + -ado → caminado(“came/walked”)
Borrowed fromSpanish-ado.
-ado (adjective-forming suffix,adverb-forming suffix,Baybayin spelling◌ᜇᜓ)
- used to form adjectives and/or adverbs
- kabesa(“to memorize”) + -ado → kabesado(“memorized, knows the drill”)
- siguro(“to secure, to make sure”) + -ado → sigurado(“certain, definitely, for sure”)
- bara(“for something to be clogged”) + -ado → barado(“clogged (e.g. sink, toilet, etc.)”)
- taranta(“to panic, to be overwhelmed, to get flustered”) + -ado → tarantado(“crazy, insane, manic, asshole”)
- amin(“to admit to something, to tell the truth, to confess”) + -ado → aminado(“admitted towards something, not denying a statement”)
