-acho

From Latin -āculus.

• Rhymes: -aʃu
• Hyphenation: -a‧cho

-acho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -achos, feminine -acha, feminine plural -achas)

1. forms diminutives

   ‎rio + ‎-acho → ‎riacho

   ‎fogo + ‎-acho → ‎fogacho

• -azo
• -acha
• -ucho / -ucha

From Latin -āceus. Cognate to Galician and Spanish -azo, Portuguese -aço, French -asse and Italian -accio.

• IPA^(key): /ˈat͡ʃo/ [ˈa.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -atʃo
• Syllabification: -a‧cho

-acho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -achos)

1. initially augmentative suffix; forms pejoratives from nouns and adjectives.

• Used especially after masculine nouns. Compare -acha.

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