-fago
Portuguese, suffix/fa.ɡu/
-fago is spelled F-A-G-O (4 letters). -fago is a Portuguese masculine suffix meaning “-phage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sufixo que exprime a ideia de "que se alimenta de"”.
What does -fago mean in English?
suffix
- 1
masculine-phage
- 2
masculine-phagous
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. sufixo que exprime a ideia de "que se alimenta de"
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 -fago?
- Brazil /fa.ɡu/
- Portugal /fɐ.ɡu/
- Portugal [fɐ.ɣu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to -fago
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.