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-udo

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Latin -ūtus. Compare Portuguese -udo, Spanish -udo, Italian -uto, and French -u.

Pronunciation

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-udo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -uda, masculine plural -udos, feminine plural -udas)

  1. Forms adjectives and nouns from nouns for body parts to indicate that someone or something has a big example of or a large quantity of such parts.
    cabeza (head) + ‎-udo → ‎cabezudo (with big head; stubborn)
    guedella (lock of hair) + ‎-udo → ‎guedelludo (long-haired)
    sorte (luck) + ‎-udo → ‎sortudo (lucky)

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Michoacán Nahuatl

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish -udo.

Suffix

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-udo

  1. Forms adjectives from nouns.

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin -ūtus. Compare Galician -udo, Spanish -udo, Italian -uto, and French -u.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-udo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -uda, masculine plural -udos, feminine plural -udas)

  1. Forms adjectives and nouns from nouns for body parts to indicate that someone or something has a big example of or a large quantity of such parts.
    perna (leg) + ‎-udo → ‎pernudo (having big legs)
    cabelo (hairy) + ‎-udo → ‎cabeludo (hairy, long-haired)
  2. Forms adjectives from abstract nouns to indicate the quality of the given noun; -y.
    classe (class) + ‎-udo → ‎classudo (classy)
    sorte (luck) + ‎-udo → ‎sortudo (lucky)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin -ūtus. Compare Galician -udo, Portuguese -udo, Italian -uto, and French -u.

Suffix

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-udo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -uda, masculine plural -udos, feminine plural -udas)

  1. forms adjectives and nouns from nouns to indicate that someone or something has a quality in abundance, and sometimes indicates habits or attitudes; -y, -ous.
    melena (mane) + ‎-udo → ‎melenudo (long-haired)
    pelo (hair) + ‎-udo → ‎peludo (hairy)
    masa (mass) + ‎-udo → ‎masudo (tubby)
  2. Forms adjectives and nouns from nouns to indicate habits or attitudes; -y, -ous.
    sombrero (hat) + ‎-udo → ‎sombrerudo (habitually wearing a hat)
    berrinche (tantrum) + ‎-udo → ‎berrinchudo (prone to throw tantrums)
  3. (Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras) forms adjectives and nouns from nouns of parts of the body to indicate that one has a big example or large quantity of such parts
    diente (tooth) + ‎-udo → ‎dientudo (with big teeth)
    pierna (leg) + ‎-udo → ‎piernudo (with big legs)
    pata (animal leg, human foot) + ‎-udo → ‎patudo (with big feet)

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