-ucho

See also: ucho and ùchò

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably from Latin -usculus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ʃu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ʃu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ʃo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ʃu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈu.ʃu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈu.t͡ʃu/

• Hyphenation: -u‧cho

Suffix

-ucho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -uchos, feminine -ucha, feminine plural -uchas)

1. forms diminutives

   ‎gordo + ‎-ucho → ‎gorducho

   ‎papel + ‎-ucho → ‎papelucho

   ‎pequeno + ‎-ucho → ‎pequerrucho

Derived terms

Category Portuguese terms suffixed with -ucho not found

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin -usculus. It has also been interpreted as an alternative form of the suffix -acho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈut͡ʃo/ [ˈu.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -utʃo
• Syllabification: -u‧cho

Suffix

-ucho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -uchos)

1. forms pejoratives from nouns and adjectives

   ‎hotel (“hotel”) + ‎-ucho → ‎hotelucho (“lousy hotel”)

   ‎cuarto (“bedroom”) + ‎-ucho → ‎cuartucho (“small/shabby bedroom”)

Usage notes

• Used especially after masculine nouns. Compare -ucha.

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ucho

aguilucho

animalucho

cuartucho

debilucho

delgaducho

enfermucho

feúcho

flacucho

larguirucho

paisucho

paliducho

panucho

papelucho

papucho

periodicucho

pueblucho

serrucho

See also

• -aco
• -acho
• -achón
• -arrón
• -ejón
• -orro
• -ote
• -uco
• -ujo
• -uza

Further reading

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