-engo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Italian ==
=== Suffix ===
-engo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -enga, masculine plural -enghi, feminine plural -enghe)
-engo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -enghi)
alternative form of -ingo
==== Derived terms ====
=== Anagrams ===
-geno, geno, geno-, nego, negò, ogne
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz.
=== Suffix ===
-engo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -engos, feminine -enga, feminine plural -engas)
-engo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -enga, masculine plural -engos, feminine plural -engas)
(sometimes derogatory) pertaining to, having relation with or qualities of
mulher (“woman”) + -engo → mulherengo (“womanizer”)
judeu (“Jewish”) + -engo → judengo (“Jewish”) (derogatory)
monstro (“monster”) + -engo → monstrengo (“monstruous; vagabond”)
=== Further reading ===
“-engo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“-engo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Compare German -ing.
=== Suffix ===
-engo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -enga, masculine plural -engos, feminine plural -engas)
-engo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -engos)
Forms adjectives indicating belonging to a noun.
real (“royal”) + -engo → realengo (“royal; of the Crown”)
Forms nouns indicating belonging to a noun.
abuelo (“grandfather”) + -engo → abolengo (“ancestry; lineage”)
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“-engo”, 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