-ucho
See also: ucho and ùchò
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin -ūculus.
Suffix
-ucho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -uchos, feminine -ucha, feminine plural -uchas)
- forms diminutives: gorducho, papelucho, casucha
Spanish
Suffix
-ucho m (plural -uchos)
- Used in forming 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
See also
- -aco
- -acho
- -achón
- -arrón
- -ejón
- -orro
- -ote
- -uco
- -ujo
- -uza
Further reading
- “-ucho”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014