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🔹 Deverbal Adjectives Ending in -dizo / -diza

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The suffix -dizo/-diza forms adjectives from verbal bases. It normally expresses:

a tendency or propensity to perform or undergo the action: olvidadizo, huidizo, caedizo;
something that happens easily: resbaladizo, pegadizo, manchadizo;
passive possibility or suitability: arrojadizo, levadizo, regadizo.

Unlike -ble, -dizo is added to the infinitive stem and preserves its thematic vowel:

resbal-a-r → resbal-a-dizo
mov-e-r → mov-e-dizo
hu-i-r → hu-i-dizo

Thus, the suffix should not be analyzed simply as -izo attached to a participle. This explains movedizo and traedizo, rather than the nonexistent forms *movidizo and *traidizo.

An asterisk (*) before a word marks a form that does not exist in Spanish.

The pattern is much less productive than -ble. (RAE, NGLE §7.11)

The adjectives are ordered approximately by contemporary frequency and general usefulness. The lower part of the list contains literary, specialized or uncommon formations.

#	Derived Adjective	In English	Base Verb	Base Verb in English
1	resbaladizo	slippery; treacherous	resbalar	to slip
2	pegadizo	catchy; sticky; easily remembered	pegarse	to stick; become attached
3	escurridizo	slippery; elusive; difficult to catch	escurrirse	to slip away; escape
4	huidizo	elusive; evasive; prone to fleeing	huir	to flee; run away
5	quebradizo	brittle; easily broken	quebrarse	to break; crack
6	olvidadizo	forgetful	olvidarse	to forget
7	corredizo	sliding; running or moving freely	correr	to run; slide
8	voladizo	projecting; overhanging; cantilevered	volar	to fly; project outward
9	advenedizo	newly arrived; newcomer; upstart	advenir	to arrive; come
10	levadizo	liftable; able to be raised	levar	to raise; lift
11	enamoradizo	prone to falling in love	enamorarse	to fall in love
12	arrojadizo	throwable; designed to be thrown	arrojar	to throw
13	movedizo	shifting; unstable; liable to move	moverse	to move
14	antojadizo	capricious; prone to whims	antojarse	to feel like; crave
15	asustadizo	easily frightened; skittish	asustarse	to become frightened
16	enojadizo	irritable; easily angered	enojarse	to become angry
17	espantadizo	easily startled; skittish	espantarse	to become frightened; shy away
18	plegadizo	foldable; folding	plegarse	to fold
19	anegadizo	flood-prone; easily flooded	anegarse	to become flooded
20	apartadizo	withdrawn; unsociable; inclined to keep apart	apartarse	to withdraw; keep apart
21	caedizo	liable to fall or drop off	caer	to fall
22	coladizo	able or inclined to slip through	colarse	to slip or sneak through
23	encontradizo	likely to meet or run into someone	encontrarse	to meet; run into
24	manchadizo	easily stained; prone to staining	mancharse	to become stained
25	llovedizo	coming from rain; admitting rainwater	llover	to rain
26	saledizo	projecting; protruding	salir	to go out; project
27	rodadizo	easy or liable to roll	rodar	to roll
28	regadizo	irrigable; able to be watered	regar	to water; irrigate
29	tornadizo	changeable; fickle	tornarse	to change; become
30	acomodadizo	adaptable; accommodating; compliant	acomodarse	to adapt; accommodate oneself
31	resquebrajadizo	prone to cracking or splitting	resquebrajarse	to crack; split
32	mudadizo	changeable; inconstant	mudarse / mudar	to change
33	cambiadizo	changeable; fickle; inconstant	cambiar	to change
34	quedadizo	inclined to stay or linger; slow	quedarse	to stay; linger
35	traedizo	brought from elsewhere; able to be brought	traer	to bring
36	topadizo	likely to meet or run into someone	topar	to meet; bump into
37	colgadizo	intended to be used while hanging	colgar	to hang
38	robadizo	easily washed or carried away by water	robar	to take away; erode
39	levantadizo	liftable; able to be raised (archaic)	levantar	to raise; lift

Classification notes:

Antojadizo is an ambiguous case. It may be analyzed as a formation on the verb antojarse, but also as a formation on the adjective antojado. The DLE derives it from antojarse, while the grammar recognizes both possibilities. (RAE, NGLE §7.5e, DLE: antojadizo)

Some additions are genuine but uncommon deverbal adjectives: apartadizo from apartar, saledizo from salir, traedizo from traer and topadizo from topar. (DLE: apartadizo, saledizo, traedizo, topadizo)

What is not included in this table

The following words do not belong to the strict verb-based -dizo adjective pattern, so they are not included in this table:

Noun-based formations: calizo, cañizo, cobrizo, fronterizo, invernizo, pajizo, pedrizo, plomizo, roblizo.
Adjective-based formations: enfermizo, enterizo, primerizo, rojizo.
Current nouns rather than adjectives: atajadizo, cobertizo, granizo, pasadizo.
Other nonverbal or synchronically opaque formations: canalizo, castizo, rollizo.
Espartizal does not end in -dizo or -izo.

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