Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#ELOCategory:Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#ELO -elo, from LatinCategory:Galician terms inherited from Latin#ELOCategory:Galician terms derived from Latin#ELO -ellus, an extension of -lus. Compare Spanish -illo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛlʊ], (western) [ˈelʊ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#ELO

Suffix

-elo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -elos)Category:Galician lemmas#ELOCategory:Galician suffixes#ELOCategory:Galician noun-forming suffixes#ELOCategory:Galician countable suffixes#ELOCategory:Galician suffixes with red links in their headword lines#ELOCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#ELOCategory:Galician masculine suffixes#ELOCategory:Pages with entries#ELOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ELO

1. (archaicCategory:Galician terms with archaic senses#ELO) forms diminutives, especially of masculine nouns

   Synonym: -iño

   ‎nó (“knot”) + ‎-elo → ‎noelo (“knuckle”)

   ‎fato (“cover, container > group”) + ‎-elo → ‎fatelo (“garment”)

Alternative forms

• -ello (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#ELOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#ELO -elo, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#ELOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#ELO -ellus, -ellum. Doublet of -ilhoCategory:Portuguese doublets#ELO.

Pronunciation

Most commonly in loaned or inherited words:

Most commonly in words coined in Portuguese:

Suffix

-elo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -elos, feminine -ela, feminine plural -elas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ELOCategory:Portuguese suffixes#ELOCategory:Portuguese noun-forming suffixes#ELOCategory:Portuguese countable suffixes#ELOCategory:Portuguese suffixes with red links in their headword lines#ELOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ELOCategory:Portuguese masculine suffixes#ELOCategory:Pages with entries#ELOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ELO

1. forms diminutives; -ling; -let

   Synonyms: -inho, -ito, -im

   ‎cobra (“snake”) + ‎-elo → ‎cobrelo (“snakeling”)

   ‎castro (“fort or walled village”) + ‎-elo → ‎castrelo (“small fort or walled village”)

2. forms names of things that share a characteristic with the suffixed word, usually carrying a diminutive aspect

   Synonyms: -inho, -ilho

   ‎pesado (“heavy”) + ‎-elo → ‎pesadelo (“nightmare”)

   ‎pardo (“dun”) + ‎-elo → ‎pardelo (“sparrow”)

Further reading

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