-uco

See also: UCO and uço

Spanish

Alternative forms

• -uca

Suffix

-uco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ucos)

1. (Spain, especially Cantabria) added to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive form

Usage notes

• Used especially after masculine nouns. Compare -uca.
• In most cases, -uco is used simply to indicate a small or endeared thing, but it can have a pejorative form.

Further reading

• “-uco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28