-ado

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ado"

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈado]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: a‧do

Suffix

-ado

1. See -ad-

Derived terms

Esperanto terms suffixed with -ado

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese -ado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.du/, (rare) /ˈa.do/

Suffix

-ado

1. participle-forming suffix

   Coordinate term: -ido

   ‎vangueâ (“to faint”) + ‎-ado → ‎vangueado (“fainted”)

   ‎estricâ (“to iron”) + ‎-ado → ‎estricado (“ironed”)

2. adjective-forming suffix

Usage notes

• Past participles are often used with ficâ (“to become”).

Derived terms

Macanese terms suffixed with -ado

Related terms

• -ada

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ado, from Latin -ātus and -ātum, from Proto-Italic *-ātos. Doublet of -ato.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.du/ [ˈa.ðu]

• Rhymes: -adu

Suffix

-ado (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)

1. forms the masculine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitives end in -ar

   ‎falar (“to speak”) + ‎-ado → ‎falado (“spoken”)

2. 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”)

3. forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “which contains the suffixed noun”

   ‎farpa (“barb”) + ‎-ado → ‎farpado (“barbed”)

   ‎pena (“feather”) + ‎-ado → ‎penado (“feathered”)

4. 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”)

Suffix

-ado m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ados)

1. 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”)

2. 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”)

Coordinate terms

• (forms past participles): -ido

Derived terms

• a- -ado
• es- -ado

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ado

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic *-ātos. Doublet of -ato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈado/ [ˈa.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: -a‧do

Suffix

-ado (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)

1. when added to nouns, forms adjectives indicating a characteristic or resemblance; -ate

   ‎lóbulo (“lobe”) + ‎-ado → ‎lobulado (“lobate”)

2. when added to verbs, forms nouns indicating action or the effect of an action

   ‎afeitar (“to shave”) + ‎-ado → ‎afeitado (“shave”)

3. when added to nouns, forms nouns indicating a collective

   ‎profesor (“teacher”) + ‎-ado → ‎profesorado (“teaching staff”)

4. when added to nouns, forms nouns indicating a position or domain

   ‎obispo (“bishop”) + ‎-ado → ‎obispado (“bishopric”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ado

Related terms

• -ada

 

Suffix

-ado (past participle-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)

1. forms the masculine singular past participle of regular -ar verbs

   ‎llamar (“to call”) + ‎-ado → ‎llamado (“called”)

   ‎caminar (“to come/walk”) + ‎-ado → ‎caminado (“came/walked”)

Further reading

• “-ado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish -ado.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈado/ [ˈaː.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: -a‧do

Suffix

-ado (adjective-forming suffix, adverb-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ◌ᜇᜓ)

1. 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”)

Derived terms

Tagalog terms suffixed with -ado

Anagrams

• oda, dao