-astro

== Interlingua == === Etymology === Borrowed from English -aster, French -âtre, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish -astro, all ultimately from Latin -aster and -astrum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈastro/ === Suffix === -astro forms nouns from nouns, denoting a someone inferior or worthless; -aster ‎poeta (“poet”) + ‎-astro → ‎poetastro (“poetaster”) ‎judice (“judge”) + ‎-astro → ‎judicastro (“incompetent judge”) forms nouns from nouns, denoting a collection; step- ‎patre (“father”) + ‎-astro → ‎patrastro (“stepfather”) ‎filia (“daughter”) + ‎-astra → ‎filiastra (“stepdaughter”) ==== Usage notes ==== This suffix is used to indicate males, the coordinate female suffix being -astra. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1955), Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, →ISBN == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin -astrum, accusative singular of -aster. Cognate to French -âtre and Spanish -astro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈas.tro/ Rhymes: -astro Hyphenation: -à‧stro === Suffix === -astro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -astri, feminine -astra) used to form pejoratives; -aster, -ster ‎giovine (“young”) + ‎-astro → ‎giovinastro (“youngster”) ‎poeta (“poet”) + ‎-astro → ‎poetastro (“poetaster”) step- ‎fratello (“brother”) + ‎-astro → ‎fratellastro (“stepbrother”) ‎sorella (“sister”) + ‎-astra → ‎sorellastra (“stepsister”) ‎figlio (“son”) + ‎-astro → ‎figliastro (“stepson”) === Suffix === -astro (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -astra, masculine plural -astri, feminine plural -astre) appended to a colour/color; -ish ‎bianco (“white”) + ‎-astro → ‎biancastro (“whitish”) ‎nero (“black”) + ‎-astro → ‎nerastro (“blackish”) === Derived terms === === References === === Anagrams === Tarso, rosta, sarto, sorta, staro, starò, tarso == Latin == === Adjective === -astrō dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -aster == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin -aster. === Suffix === -astro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -astros) -aster (forms pejoratives) === Further reading === “-astro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin -aster. === Suffix === -astro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -astros, feminine -astra, feminine plural -astras) forms nouns with a pejorative or lower meaning ‎político (“politician”) + ‎-astro → ‎politicastro (“corrupt politician”) ‎hermano (“brother”) + ‎-astro → ‎hermanastro (“stepbrother”) ‎hijo (“son”) + ‎-astro → ‎hijastro (“stepson”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-astro”, 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