-uto

See also: uto, utó, utó-, ütö, and ütő

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin -ūtus.

Suffix

-uto

  1. used with a stem to form the past participle of regular -ere verbs
  2. used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun; -ed
    ‎punta (“point, tip”) + ‎-uto → ‎puntuto (“pointy, sharp”)
    ‎barba (“beard”) + ‎-uto → ‎barbuto (“bearded”)
    ‎naso (“nose”) + ‎-uto → ‎nasuto (“big nosed”)
    ‎occhiali (“glasses”) + ‎-uto → ‎occhialuto (“spectacled”)
    ‎pancia (“belly”) + ‎-uto → ‎panciuto (“(pot)bellied”)

Derived terms
Italian terms suffixed with -uto

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