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-ado

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ado"

Esperanto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈado/
Rhymes: -ado
Hyphenation: a‧do

Suffix

-ado

See -ad-

Derived terms

Esperanto terms suffixed with -ado

medioprotektado

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Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese -ado.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.du/, (rare) /ˈa.do/

Suffix

-ado

participle-forming suffix
Coordinate term: -ido

‎vangueâ (“to faint”) + ‎-ado → ‎vangueado (“fainted”)

‎estricâ (“to iron”) + ‎-ado → ‎estricado (“ironed”)
adjective-forming suffix

Usage notes

Past participles are often used with ficâ (“to become”).

Derived terms

Macanese terms suffixed with -ado

Related terms

-ada

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ado, from Latin -ātus and -ātum, from Proto-Italic *-ātos. Doublet of -ato.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.do/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.du/ [ˈa.ðu]

Rhymes: -adu

Suffix

-ado (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)

forms the masculine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitives end in -ar
‎falar (“to speak”) + ‎-ado → ‎falado (“spoken”)
forms adjectives, from verbs, meaning “that has suffered the action,” and nouns meaning “something or someone who has suffered the action”
‎pescar (“to fish”) + ‎-ado → ‎pescado (“which has been fished”)

‎pescar (“to fish”) + ‎-ado → ‎pescado (“the yield from a fishing trip”)
forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “which contains the suffixed noun”
‎farpa (“barb”) + ‎-ado → ‎farpado (“barbed”)

‎pena (“feather”) + ‎-ado → ‎penado (“feathered”)
forms adjectives, from the names of colours, meaning -ish
‎amarelo (“yellow, the colour yellow”) + ‎-ado → ‎amarelado (“yellowish”)

‎azul (“blue, the colour blue”) + ‎-ado → ‎azulado (“bluish”)

Suffix

-ado m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ados)

forms nouns, from the names of types of professionals, meaning the position of being that type of professional; -dom
Synonym: -ato

‎decurião (“decurion”) + ‎-ado → ‎decuriado (“the position of a decurion”)
forms nouns, from the names of types of professionals, meaning the class formed by those professionals; -ate
‎operário (“worker”) + ‎-ado → ‎operariado (“the class formed by workers”)

Coordinate terms

(forms past participles): -ido

Derived terms

a- -ado
es- -ado

Portuguese terms suffixed with -ado

desamericanizado

desesperançado

Further reading

“-ado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
“-ado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic *-ātos. Doublet of -ato.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈado/ [ˈa.ð̞o]
Rhymes: -ado
Syllabification: -a‧do

Suffix

-ado (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)

when added to nouns, forms adjectives indicating a characteristic or resemblance; -ate
‎lóbulo (“lobe”) + ‎-ado → ‎lobulado (“lobate”)
when added to verbs, forms nouns indicating action or the effect of an action
‎afeitar (“to shave”) + ‎-ado → ‎afeitado (“shave”)
when added to nouns, forms nouns indicating a collective
‎profesor (“teacher”) + ‎-ado → ‎profesorado (“teaching staff”)
when added to nouns, forms nouns indicating a position or domain
‎obispo (“bishop”) + ‎-ado → ‎obispado (“bishopric”)

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ado

Related terms

-ada

Suffix

-ado (past participle-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)

forms the masculine singular past participle of regular -ar verbs
‎llamar (“to call”) + ‎-ado → ‎llamado (“called”)

‎caminar (“to come/walk”) + ‎-ado → ‎caminado (“came/walked”)

Further reading

“-ado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish -ado.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈado/ [ˈaː.d̪o]
Rhymes: -ado
Syllabification: -a‧do

Suffix

-ado (adjective-forming suffix, adverb-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ◌ᜇᜓ)

used to form adjectives and/or adverbs
‎kabesa (“to memorize”) + ‎-ado → ‎kabesado (“memorized, knows the drill”)

‎siguro (“to secure, to make sure”) + ‎-ado → ‎sigurado (“certain, definitely, for sure”)

‎bara (“for something to be clogged”) + ‎-ado → ‎barado (“clogged (e.g. sink, toilet, etc.)”)

‎taranta (“to panic, to be overwhelmed, to get flustered”) + ‎-ado → ‎tarantado (“crazy, insane, manic, asshole”)

‎amin (“to admit to something, to tell the truth, to confess”) + ‎-ado → ‎aminado (“admitted towards something, not denying a statement”)

Derived terms

Anagrams

oda, dao

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