-endo
Portuguese, suffix/ˌẽ.do/
-endo is spelled E-N-D-O (4 letters). -endo is a Portuguese suffix meaning “forms the gerund of 2ⁿᵈ conjugation verbs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “gerúndio de verbos terminados em -er (segunda conjugação)”.
What does -endo mean in English?
suffix
- 1
forms the gerund of 2ⁿᵈ conjugation verbs
prefix
- 1
end-/endo-
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. designativo de interior, situado na parte interior
suffix: 1. gerúndio de verbos terminados em -er (segunda conjugação)
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.
How do you pronounce -endo?
- Brazil /ˌẽ.do/
- Portugal /ˌẽ.dɔ/
- Brazil /ˈẽ.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to -endo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.