"-ejo" meaning in Spanish

See -ejo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈexo/, [ˈe.xo] Forms: -ejos [plural], -eja [feminine], -ejas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -exo Etymology: Inherited from Latin -culus. Doublet of -ículo. Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:inh|la:-culus<id:diminutive>|id=diminutive suffix}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|-culus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin -culus, {{inh+|es|la|-culus}} Inherited from Latin -culus, {{doublet|es|-ículo}} Doublet of -ículo Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} -ejo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ejos, feminine -eja, feminine plural -ejas)
  1. forms diminutives; applies a detestable or vile quality to the root Tags: masculine, morpheme

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈe.xo]"
    },
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    }
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    },
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      ]
    },
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      ]
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        "Spanish countable suffixes",
        "Spanish diminutive suffixes",
        "Spanish doublets",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine suffixes",
        "Spanish noun-forming suffixes",
        "Spanish pejorative suffixes",
        "Spanish suffixes",
        "Spanish terms derived from Latin",
        "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Spanish terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Spanish terms inherited from Latin",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for -ejo meaning in Spanish (2.4kB)

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