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-aço

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin -āceus. Cognate to Galician and Spanish -azo, French -asse and Italian -accio. Doublet of -áceo.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -asu
  • Hyphenation: -a‧ço

Suffix

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-aço m (noun-forming suffix, plural -aços)

  1. forms augmentatives of praise: nouns expressing greatness
    gol/golo (goal) + ‎-aço → ‎golaço (an impressive football goal)
    ponto (point) + ‎-aço → ‎pontaço (an impressively scored point)
    corpo (body) + ‎-aço → ‎corpaço (a sexy body)
    amigo (friend) + ‎-aço → ‎amigaço (a true friend)
  2. forms augmentatives of size
    Synonyms: -ão, -ázio
    copo (glass, cup) + ‎-aço → ‎copaço (a large glass)
    bala (bullet) + ‎-aço → ‎balaço (a large bullet)
  3. added to the names of objects to indicade an action made with it, especially violent or vigorous action
    panela (pan) + ‎-aço → ‎panelaço (a protest in which pans are struck to make noise)
    apito (whistle) + ‎-aço → ‎apitaço (a forceful blow of a whistle)
    canhão (cannon) + ‎-aço → ‎canhonaço (cannon shot)
  4. forms the names of conditions resulting from a process indicated by the suffixed verb
    inchar (to swell) + ‎-aço → ‎inchaço (swelling)
    cansar (to get tired) + ‎-aço → ‎cansaço (fatigue)
    cagar (to shit) + ‎-aço → ‎cagaço (fright)
  5. forms the names of residues
    alga (seaweed) + ‎-aço → ‎algaço (wrack)
    baga (berry) + ‎-aço → ‎bagaço (pomace)

Derived terms

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Suffix

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-aço (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -aça, masculine plural -aços, feminine plural -aças)

  1. (rare) forms augmentatives of degree
    bonito (pretty) + ‎-aço → ‎bonitaço (very handsome)
    bizarro (bizarre) + ‎-aço → ‎bizarraço (very bizarre)

See also

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