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Is niño or chico more commonly used for boy/child?
Is niño or chico more commonly used for boy/child?
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Depende del país el que sea más común. puede usar cualquiera
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Niño, chico is more commonly used to refer to the gender. You can also call chico to teenagers.
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it's ok, you can also call chico to teenagers and child is niño commonly
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Niño is under 14 years old. Chico is for 16 to 30 years old.
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@ash1018 You're welcome :)
For example when a girl (or a boy, why not) says "Mi chico" it means my boy, my boyfriend.
And take care because chico also means small!
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Es mas común usar niño.
chico se usa más en adolecentes.
- Spanish (Spain)
cualquierA de los dos tiene el mismo significado. Aunque to utilizo mas niño
- Spanish (Spain)
"chico" is more used as a general word to refer young men.
"niño" is most commonly used to boys under 12 years old.
- Spanish (Spain)
it depends on the country, in Spain they say "niño" for "boy", but also "niños" means kids (boys and girls). In Argentina we say "chico", but in other countries "chico" is for youngs. "Chico" also means "small" as an adjective, and "pequeño" is a similar word: la casa es chica / la casa es pequeña (the house is small)
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