-ado

• IPA^(key): [ˈado]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: a‧do

-ado

1. See -ad-

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

• Rhymes: -adu

-ado (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine 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 adjectives, from the names of colours, meaning -ish

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

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

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

1. 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”)

2. 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”)

• (forms past participles): -ido

• a- -ado
• es- -ado

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

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

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

1. when added to nouns, forms adjectives indicating a characteristic or resemblance; -ate

   ‎lóbulo (“lobe”) + ‎-ado → ‎lobulado (“lobate”)

2. when added to verbs, forms nouns indicating action or the effect of an action

   ‎afeitar (“to shave”) + ‎-ado → ‎afeitado (“shave”)

3. when added to nouns, forms nouns indicating a collective

   ‎profesor (“teacher”) + ‎-ado → ‎profesorado (“teaching staff”)

4. when added to nouns, forms nouns indicating a position or domain

   ‎obispo (“bishop”) + ‎-ado → ‎obispado (“bishopric”)

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

1. forms the masculine singular past participle of regular -ar verbs

   ‎llamar (“to call”) + ‎-ado → ‎llamado (“called”)

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

• “-ado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Borrowed from Spanish -ado.

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

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

1. used to form adjectives and/or adverbs