Javea Grapevine Issue 183 2016 Two | Page 23

In some parts of Spain ico/ica
or Illo/illa are commonly used
diminutivos, and there are other
augmentative suffixes, too, such
as azo/aza & ote/ota.

And we mustn’t forget ísimo/
ísima.
Ignacio es alto, pero su hermano
Julio es altísimo.