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pequeñito

tiny

adjective peh-keh-NYEE-toh Rare

Usage Note

Pequeñito is a double diminutive of pequeño (small), formed with the -ito suffix on the already-diminutive stem — conveying extra smallness and often affection. In speech it is common when talking to or about young children. The feminine form is pequeñita; regional variants pequeñín/pequeñina exist in northern Spain.

Examples

"Tiene las manos pequeñitas."

Natural Translation

She has tiny little hands.

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