-ístico
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== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From -ista + -ico.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Suffix ===
-ístico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ística, masculine plural -ísticos, feminine plural -ísticas)
-istic
==== Usage notes ====
The following ending(s) change(s) in words appended with this suffix:
⟨-ição⟩ (being part of a hiatus in feminine nouns, including plurals) → ⟨-(i)cion-⟩
⟨-ção⟩, ⟨-são⟩ (in feminine nouns, including plurals) → ⟨-cion-⟩, ⟨-sion-⟩
⟨-ão⟩ (as a non-verb suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-on-⟩
⟨-ã(o)-⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-(i)an-⟩, ⟨-am-⟩, or ⟨-(i)on-⟩, depending on the base word's etymology
⟨-m⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-n-⟩
⟨-z⟩ (in some nouns from Latin, including plurals) → ⟨-c(i)-⟩
⟨-vel⟩ (unstressed and adjectival, including plurals) → ⟨-bil-⟩
⟨-z⟩ (adjectival, including plurals) → ⟨-c-⟩
⟨-dade⟩ (as a noun suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-t-⟩
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“-ístico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From -ista + -ico.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈistiko/ [ˈis.t̪i.ko]
Rhymes: -istiko
Syllabification: -ís‧ti‧co
=== Suffix ===
-ístico (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -ística, masculine plural -ísticos, feminine plural -ísticas)
-istic
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“-ístico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025