-ucho

Probably from Latin -usculus (a rebracketed diminutive ending). Compare also the diminutive suffix -acho.

• Hyphenation: -u‧cho

-ucho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -uchos, feminine -ucha, feminine plural -uchas)

1. forms diminutives

   ‎gordo + ‎-ucho → ‎gorducho

   ‎papel + ‎-ucho → ‎papelucho

   ‎pequeno + ‎-ucho → ‎pequerrucho

• “-ucho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin -usculus (a rebracketed diminutive ending).^[1] It has also been interpreted as an alternative form of the augmentative/pejorative suffix -acho.

• IPA^(key): /ˈut͡ʃo/ [ˈu.t͡ʃo]
• Rhymes: -utʃo
• Syllabification: -u‧cho

-ucho m (noun-forming suffix, plural -uchos)

1. forms pejoratives from nouns and adjectives

   ‎hotel (“hotel”) + ‎-ucho → ‎hotelucho (“lousy hotel”)

   ‎cuarto (“bedroom”) + ‎-ucho → ‎cuartucho (“small/shabby bedroom”)

• Used especially after masculine nouns. Compare -ucha.

• -aco
• -acho
• -achón
• -arrón
• -ejón
• -orro
• -ote
• -uco
• -ujo
• -uza

• “-ucho”, 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