-eco

Borrowed from Italian -ezza, as in altezza (“height”) (Esperanto alteco). Compare French -esse.

• IPA^(key): /ˈet͡so/
• Rhymes: -et͡so
• Syllabification: e‧co

-eco

1. denotes qualities

   ‎bona (“good”) + ‎-eco → ‎boneco (“goodness”)

• eco (“attribute”)
• -eca

-eco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ecos) (added to nouns)
-eco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -eca, masculine plural -ecos, feminine plural -ecas) (added to adjectives)

1. creates diminutives from nouns or adjectives (mainly pejorative)

   ‎livro (“book”) + ‎-eco → ‎livreco (“bad book”)

   ‎sono (“sleepiness, sleep”) + ‎-eco → ‎soneca (“nap”)

   ‎travesti (“cross-dresser”) + ‎-eco → ‎traveco (“cross-dresser (derogatory)”)

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

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• IPA^(key): /ˈeko/ [ˈe.ko]
• Rhymes: -eko
• Syllabification: -e‧co

-eco (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -eca, masculine plural -ecos, feminine plural -ecas)
-eco m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ecos, feminine -eca, feminine plural -ecas)

1. indicates a demonym or inhabitant, especially of places in Central America and Mexico

   ‎Sonsonate + ‎-eco → ‎sonsonateco

   ‎Venezuela + ‎-eco → ‎veneco

   ‎Yucatán + ‎-eco → ‎yucateco

• “-eco”, 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