-ejo
Portuguese, suffix
-ejo is spelled E-J-O (3 letters). -ejo is a Portuguese masculine suffix meaning “Forming nouns” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, ejó is a different word: “tea, gossip”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dá um matiz pejorativo, por vezes diminutivo, ou de procedência”.
What does -ejo mean in English?
suffix
- 1
masculineForming nouns
noun
- 1
masculinetea, gossip
- 2
masculinekerfuffle, ruckus; mess (a disturbance or controversy, especially stemming from a conflict)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. dá um matiz pejorativo, por vezes diminutivo, ou de procedência
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of -ejo
- ejós plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).