-sauro

== Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsawɾo/ [ˈs̺ɑw.ɾʊ] Rhymes: -awɾo === Suffix === -sauro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -sauros) -saurus === Further reading === “-sauro” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013. == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === -sáurio (Portugal) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Translingual -saurus, borrowed from Ancient Greek σαῦρος (saûros), from σαύρα (saúra), borrowed from Pre-Greek. Doublet of sauro-. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -awɾu Hyphenation: sau‧ro === Suffix === -sauro m (noun-forming suffix, plural -sauros, feminine (colloquial) -saura, feminine plural (colloquial) -sauras) Forms nouns for the names of dinosaurs: -saurus ==== Usage notes ==== The suffix's initial ⟨s⟩ is doubled when following a base ending in a vowel: ‎dino- + ‎-sauro → ‎dinossauro ‎plio- + ‎-sauro → ‎pliossauro ‎mosa- + ‎-sauro → ‎mosassauro ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-sauro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “-sauro”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “-sauro”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “-sauro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026