-ijo

• -ija

Partly from Latin -ī̆culus, -ī̆cula, -ī̆culum, a diminutive ending. Partly from Latin -ī̆culum, an instrument noun ending (as in cobijo from Latin cubiculum). Compare -ajo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈixo/ [ˈi.xo]
• Rhymes: -ixo
• Syllabification: -i‧jo

-ijo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ijos)

1. suffix forming nouns (sometimes with a pejorative sense)
   1. attached to verb stems to form nouns, sometimes denoting instruments or the result of an action
   2. attached to nouns to form diminutives

• “-ijo”, 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