-ento
Spanish, suffix/ˈento/
-ento is spelled E-N-T-O (4 letters). -ento is a Spanish suffix meaning “-y indicates a condition” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Forma adjetivos que significan "con el estado físico o la condición" de lo indicado por la raíz”.
What does -ento mean in English?
suffix
- 1
-y indicates a condition
sangre + -ento → sangriento
prefix
- 1
ento-
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Forma adjetivos que significan "con el estado físico o la condición" de lo indicado por la raíz. 2. Forma adjetivos que significan "semejante o aproximado" a lo que indica por la raíz.
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 -ento?
- /ˈento/
- [ˈẽn̪.t̪o]
- [ˈẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to -ento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.