-uco

See also: UCO

Spanish

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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