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How do you make diminutive words in Spanish? What suffixes are commonly used?
How do you make diminutive words in Spanish? What suffixes are commonly used?
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1) ETTO: angelo-angioletto, occhi-occhietti, orso-orsetto, baci-bacetti…
Questi bimbi sono degli angioletti
Estos niños son unos angelitos
Algunos pueden tener más de un diminutivo posible: orso-orsetto-orsacchiotto, baci-bacetti-bacini…
2) INO: también (I)CINO, OLINO. Lingua-linguina, pettine-pettinino, dente-dentino…
corpo-corpicino, cuore-cuoricino, osso-ossicino…
balcone-balconcino, cordone-cordoncino…
magro-magrolino, barattolo-barattolino, pesce-pesciolino…
Grazia è magrolina
Grazia es delgadita
Algunos están substantivizados: linguetta
Y otros son falsos diminutivos: scontrino, arancino, limoncino…
Il arancino ed il limoncino sono liquori ottimi da prendere dopo mangiato
El arancino y el limoncino son fantásticos para tomar después de comer
3) ELLO: TAMBIEN (I)CELLO. albero-alberello, asino-asinello, fiume-fiumicello…
vento-venticello, prato-praticello, sole-solicello…
Una biciclettata lungo il fiumicello
Una bicicleteada por el riachuelo
4) UCCIO: caldo-calduccio, difetto-difettuccio, tesoro-tesoruccio… (en zonas como Toscana usan “uzzo”
Non guardate i difettucci ma guardate l’insieme
No miréis los defectillos y mirad el conjunto
5) ETTINO: poco-pochettino, mucchio-mucchiettino… Este en realidad son 2 diminutivos juntos: etto + ino.
Un pochettino di pioggia
Un poquitín de lluvia
6) ATTO: cervo-cerbiatto
7) OTTO: ancora-ancorotto, aquila-aquilotto…
L’aquilotto è il cucciolo dell’aquila
8 ) (U)OLO: también ICCI(U)OLO. Figlio-figliolo, famiglia-famigliola…
porto-porticciolo
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