# -ado
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈado]
* Rhymes: -ado
* Hyphenation: a‧do

### Suffix

-ado
* See -ad-

#### Derived terms
## Macanese
### Etymology

From Portuguese -ado.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.du/, (rare) /ˈa.do/

### Suffix

-ado
* participle-forming suffix
    Coordinate term: -ido
    ‎vangueâ (“to faint”) + ‎-ado → ‎vangueado (“fainted”)
    ‎estricâ (“to iron”) + ‎-ado → ‎estricado (“ironed”)
* adjective-forming suffix

#### Usage notes

* Past participles are often used with ficâ (“to become”).

#### Related terms

* -ada

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese -ado, from Latin -ātus and -ātum, from Proto-Italic *-ātos. Doublet of -ato.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈa.du/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈa.du/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈa.do/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈa.du/ [ˈa.ðu]
* Rhymes: -adu

### Suffix

-ado (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)
* forms the masculine singular past participle of verbs whose infinitives end in -ar
    ‎falar (“to speak”) + ‎-ado → ‎falado (“spoken”)
* forms adjectives, from verbs, meaning “that has suffered the action,” and nouns meaning “something or someone who has suffered the action”
    ‎pescar (“to fish”) + ‎-ado → ‎pescado (“which has been fished”)
    ‎pescar (“to fish”) + ‎-ado → ‎pescado (“the yield from a fishing trip”)
* forms adjectives, from nouns, meaning “which contains the suffixed noun”
    ‎farpa (“barb”) + ‎-ado → ‎farpado (“barbed”)
    ‎pena (“feather”) + ‎-ado → ‎penado (“feathered”)
* forms adjectives, from the names of colours, meaning -ish
    ‎amarelo (“yellow, the colour yellow”) + ‎-ado → ‎amarelado (“yellowish”)
    ‎azul (“blue, the colour blue”) + ‎-ado → ‎azulado (“bluish”)

### Suffix

-ado m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ados)
* forms nouns, from the names of types of professionals, meaning the position of being that type of professional; -dom
    Synonym: -ato
    ‎decurião (“decurion”) + ‎-ado → ‎decuriado (“the position of a decurion”)
* forms nouns, from the names of types of professionals, meaning the class formed by those professionals; -ate
    ‎operário (“worker”) + ‎-ado → ‎operariado (“the class formed by workers”)

#### Coordinate terms

* (forms past participles): -ido

#### Derived terms

* a- -ado
* es- -ado

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic *-ātos. Doublet of -ato.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈado/ [ˈa.ð̞o]
* Rhymes: -ado
* Syllabification: -a‧do

### Suffix

-ado (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)
* when added to nouns, forms adjectives indicating a characteristic or resemblance; -ate
    ‎lóbulo (“lobe”) + ‎-ado → ‎lobulado (“lobate”)
* when added to verbs, forms nouns indicating action or the effect of an action
    ‎afeitar (“to shave”) + ‎-ado → ‎afeitado (“shave”)
* when added to nouns, forms nouns indicating a collective
    ‎profesor (“teacher”) + ‎-ado → ‎profesorado (“teaching staff”)
* when added to nouns, forms nouns indicating a position or domain
    ‎obispo (“bishop”) + ‎-ado → ‎obispado (“bishopric”)

#### Related terms

* -ada

### Suffix

-ado (past participle-forming suffix, feminine -ada, masculine plural -ados, feminine plural -adas)
* forms the masculine singular past participle of regular -ar verbs
    ‎llamar (“to call”) + ‎-ado → ‎llamado (“called”)
    ‎caminar (“to come/walk”) + ‎-ado → ‎caminado (“came/walked”)

### Further reading

* “-ado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish -ado.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈado/ [ˈaː.d̪o]
* Rhymes: -ado
* Syllabification: -a‧do

### Suffix

-ado (adjective-forming suffix, adverb-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ◌ᜇᜓ)
* used to form adjectives and/or adverbs
    ‎kabesa (“to memorize”) + ‎-ado → ‎kabesado (“memorized, knows the drill”)
    ‎siguro (“to secure, to make sure”) + ‎-ado → ‎sigurado (“certain, definitely, for sure”)
    ‎bara (“for something to be clogged”) + ‎-ado → ‎barado (“clogged (e.g. sink, toilet, etc.)”)
    ‎taranta (“to panic, to be overwhelmed, to get flustered”) + ‎-ado → ‎tarantado (“crazy, insane, manic, asshole”)
    ‎amin (“to admit to something, to tell the truth, to confess”) + ‎-ado → ‎aminado (“admitted towards something, not denying a statement”)

#### Derived terms
### Anagrams

* oda, dao