Esperanto

Suffix

-ado

1. See -ad-

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.du/, [ˈa.ðu]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.du/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.do/

Suffix

-ado m ‎(feminine -ada, plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)

1. forms the masculine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitives end in -ar

   falar ‎(“to speak”) + ‎-ado → ‎falado ‎(“spoken”)

2. 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”)

3. forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “which contains the suffixed noun”

   farpa ‎(“barb”) + ‎-ado → ‎farpado ‎(“barbed”)

   pena ‎(“feather”) + ‎-ado → ‎penado ‎(“feathered”)

4. forms nouns, from the names of types of professionals, meaning the position of being that type of professional; -dom

   decurião ‎(“decurion”) + ‎-ado → ‎decuriado ‎(“the position of a decurion”)

5. 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”)

6. forms adjectives, from the names of colours, meaning “that is that colour,” which is equivalent to using the colour’s name as an adjective

   amarelo ‎(“the colour yellow”) + ‎-ado → ‎amarelado ‎(“yellow in colour”)

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

Synonyms

• (position of a professional): -ato

Coordinate terms

• (forms past participles): -ido

Derived terms

• a- -ado
• es- -ado

Spanish

Etymology

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

Suffix

-ado

1. Suffix indicating the past participle of regular -ar verbs.

Related terms

• -ada