-arro

From Basque. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

-arro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -arros, feminine -arra, feminine plural -arras)

1. forms the augmentative of nouns, often pejorative

   Synonym: see Category:Portuguese augmentative suffixes

   ‎chibo (“young goat”) + ‎-arro → ‎chibarro (“young billy goat”)

   ‎cagar (“to shit”) + ‎-arro → ‎cagarro (“shearwater”)

• “-arro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “-arro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

-arro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -arros)
-arro (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -arra, masculine plural -arros, feminine plural -arras)

1. alternative form of -orro

• “-arro”, 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