-uco
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Alternative forms
- -uca
Suffix
-uco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ucos)
- (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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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