-astro

See also: Astro, astro, and astro-

Italian

Etymology

From Latin -astrum,[1] accusative singualar of -aster. Cognate to French -âtre and Spanish -astro.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈastro/, [ˈäs̪.t̪r̺o̞]
  • Hyphenation: -a‧stro

Suffix

-astro m (feminine -astra, masculine plural -astri, feminine plural -astre)

  1. (forms nouns and adjectives) Used to express incomplete resemblance, generally with a pejorative connotation:
    1. Used to form pejoratives; -aster, -ster
      ‎giovine (“young”) + ‎-astro → ‎giovinastro (“youngster”)
      ‎poeta (“poet”) + ‎-astro → ‎poetastro (“poetaster”)
    2. (appended to a colour) -ish
      ‎bianco (“white”) + ‎-astro → ‎biancastro (“whitish”)
    3. (appended to fratello, sorella, figlio or figlia) step-
      ‎fratello (“brother”) + ‎-astro → ‎fratellastro (“stepbrother”)
      ‎sorella (“sister”) + ‎-astra → ‎sorellastra (“stepsister”)

Derived terms
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References
  1. “-astro” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Latin

Adjective

-astrō

  1. dative masculine singular of -aster
  2. dative neuter singular of -aster
  3. ablative masculine singular of -aster
  4. ablative neuter singular of -aster

Portuguese

Suffix

-astro m (feminine -astra, plural -astra, feminine plural -astras)

  1. -aster (forms pejoratives)

Spanish

Suffix

-astro m (f -astra)

  1. Used to form nouns with a pejorative or lower meaning.
    político (politician) - politicastro (corrupt politician)
    hermano (brother) - hermanastro (stepbrother)
    hijo (son) - hijastro (stepson)
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