-eto
Portuguese, suffix/ˈe.tu/
-eto is spelled E-T-O (3 letters). -eto is a Portuguese masculine suffix meaning “diminutive suffix most commonly found in words loaned from Italian; -ette; -let; -et” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sufixa substantivos dando matiz diminutivo”.
What does -eto mean in English?
suffix
- 1
masculinediminutive suffix most commonly found in words loaned from Italian; -ette; -let; -et
livro (“book”) + -eto → livreto (“booklet”)
- 2
masculineconsisting of N elements; the stem is usually an ordinal adapted from Italian, a Latinate prefix or, less commonly, a cardinal; -et
quarto (“fourth”) + -eto → quarteto (“quartet”)
- 3
masculine-ide (binary compound of a nonmetal)
sulfeto de zinco
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. sufixa substantivos dando matiz diminutivo
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 -eto?
- Brazil /ˈe.tu/
- Portugal /ˈe.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to -eto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.