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-amundo

-amundo suffix: an intensifier.

Suffix

-amundo

  1. (slang) An intensifier.
    • The days when The Fonz can come riding in and solve all my problems with a few choice words are long gone! So why don't you leave-amundo?1983 November 1, “Welcome Home: Part 2”, in Happy Days, season 11, episode 5, spoken by Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard)
    • How scared should you be? YIKESAMUNDO2001 April 1, David Lazaroff, Correctamundo!: Prickly Pete's Guide to Desert Facts & Cactifracts, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum Press, →ISBN, →OL

Origin of -amundo

Pseudo-Hispanism, possibly from a confusion of Spanish -mente (adverbial suffix) with mundo (“world”). Popularized by the character Fonzie on the sitcom Happy Days.

Questions about -amundo

What does -amundo mean?
-amundo means an intensifier.
What part of speech is -amundo?
-amundo is a suffix.

Words near -amundo in the dictionary

  1. -amic
  2. -amide
  3. -amidine
  4. -amine
  5. -amivir
  6. -amundo
  7. -an
  8. -ana
  9. -ance
  10. -ances
  11. -ancy

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