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fito-

Spanish, prefix/fito/

fito- is spelled F-I-T-O (4 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,923rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fito- is a Spanish prefix meaning “phyto-” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Elemento compositivo que forma términos casi siempre académicos con el significado de "planta, vegetal o…”.

What does fito- mean in English?

prefix

  1. 1

    phyto-

suffix

as -fito
  1. 1

    masculine-phyte

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. Elemento compositivo que forma términos casi siempre académicos con el significado de "planta, vegetal o crecimiento".

prefix: 1. Elemento compositivo que forma términos casi siempre académicos con el significado de "planta, vegetal o crecimiento".

noun: 1. Poste de piedra u objeto similar que sirve para señalar distancias o linderos.

suffix: 1. Variante de -fito.

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.

Forms of fito-

  • fitos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fito-?

  • /fito/
  • [fi.t̪o]
  • [ˈfit̪o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fito-

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fito- in Spanish?

fito- appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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