-ijo

Spanish Alternative forms es -ija Etymology Partly from es la -culus -ī̆culus, -ī̆cula, -ī̆culum, a diminutive ending. Partly from es la -culum -ī̆culum, an instrument noun ending (as in es cobijo from Latin la cubiculum). Compare es -ajo. Pronunciation es ixo 2 Suffix mes pejorative suffixes diminutive suffixes suffix forming nouns (sometimes with a pejorative sense) attached to verb stems to form nouns, sometimes denoting instruments or the result of an action attached to nouns to form diminutives Derived terms es Further reading