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-ote

Spanish, suffix

-ote is spelled O-T-E (3 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 74,340th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -ote is a Spanish masculine suffix meaning “forms augmentatives, i.e. words expressing greatness or size” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, ote is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”. On this page, oté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of otar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Indica aumentativo y/o despectivo en sustantivos y adjetivos”.

What does -ote mean in English?

suffix

  1. 1

    masculineforms augmentatives, i.e. words expressing greatness or size

  2. 2

    masculineforms pejoratives, i.e. words emphasizing contempt for a subject

  3. 3

    masculineforms demonyms

verb

as ote
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as oté
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of otar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. Indica aumentativo y/o despectivo en sustantivos y adjetivos.

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 common is -ote in Spanish?

-ote appears about once in every 4 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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