-azo
[ˈaso]
The verdict
“-azo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indica gran tamaño, aumento de la talla, peso u otras cualidades del sustantivo usado como raíz..
Corpus desk
Index ES-azo · -azo · Spanish
-azo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -azo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [ˈaso] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “-azo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
-azo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [ˈaso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for -azo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is -azo, spelled --A-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Indica gran tamaño, aumento de la talla, peso u otras cualidades del sustantivo usado como raíz..
- 2Indica un golpe dado con lo señalado por la raíz..
- 3Señala un acto o acción brusca o rápida..
- 4Se usa en sentido despectivo para descalificar o menospreciar lo señalado por la raíz.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how -azo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
auto → autazo.
puerta → portazo.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.