Italian

Suffix

-endo

1. Used with a stem to form the gerund of regular -ere and -ire verbs
2. used in some nouns and adjectives to express an idea of need or necessity

Latin

Suffix

-endō

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• -ẽdo (obsolete, abbreviation)
• -enu (eye dialect, Northeast Brazil)
• -eno (eye dialect, Northeast Brazil)

Etymology

From Latin -endum, forming the masculine singular future passive participle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ˈẽ.du/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /-ˈẽ.do/
• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /-ˈe.nu/

Suffix

-endo

1. forms the gerund of 2^nd conjugation verbs

Coordinate terms

• -ando, -indo