-avo
Spanish, suffix/ˈabo/
-avo is spelled A-V-O (3 letters). -avo is a Spanish masculine suffix meaning “added to a cardinal number to signify one portion of a whole divided into that number of pieces; forms both nouns and adjectives” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se añade a números cardinales para indicar las partes iguales en que se divide una unidad”.
What does -avo mean in English?
suffix
- 1
masculineadded to a cardinal number to signify one portion of a whole divided into that number of pieces; forms both nouns and adjectives
doce (“twelve”) + -avo → doceavo (“one twelfth (e.g. of a cake)”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Se añade a números cardinales para indicar las partes iguales en que se divide una unidad.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce -avo?
- /ˈabo/
- [ˈa.β̞o]
- [ˈaβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.