"-o" meaning in Spanish

See -o in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -os [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin -um, accusative of -us. Etymology templates: {{etymon|es|:inh|la:-um<id:accusative singular>|id=masculine}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|-um|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin -um, {{inh+|es|la|-um}} Inherited from Latin -um, {{lg|accusative}} accusative Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} -o m (noun-forming suffix, plural -os)
  1. Used with a stem to form a masculine singular noun. Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--o-es-suffix-tnDHktpp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: Inherited from Latin -ō. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|la|-ō|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin -ō, {{inh+|es|la|-ō}} Inherited from Latin -ō
  1. suffix indicating the first-person singular present indicative of verbs Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--o-es-suffix-FSgrowDP Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 49 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

Etymology: From the first conjugation third person singular preterite marker -ó, itself from Late Latin *-āut, from Latin -āvit, with loss of stress. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|la|-āvit}} Latin -āvit
  1. suffix indicating the third-person singular preterite indicative of most irregular verbs Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--o-es-suffix-3G-t5tOg Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 49 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Spanish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-o",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-o"
  ],
  "section": "Spanish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-o",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix",
  "path": [
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