infijo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfixus, perfect passive participle of infigō (“to fasten, fix, implant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈfixo/ [ĩɱˈfi.xo]
• Rhymes: -ixo
• Syllabification: in‧fi‧jo

Noun

infijo m (plural infijos)

1. infix

Coordinate terms

• (types of affixes): afijo, interfijo, prefijo, sufijo

Adjective

infijo (feminine infija, masculine plural infijos, feminine plural infijas)

1. (of an affix) infixed

Further reading

• “infijo”, 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