Usage: To indicate a negative connotation Note: The Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy) treats amigote as despective.
Ángel (angel) → angel ote (large figure of an angel chubby child decent person, in South America)Īmigo (friend) → amig ote (buddy, pal, mate) The best way to get acquainted with it is by learning a few examples by heart.Ĭabeza (head) → cabez ota (big-headed, stubborn) There are no rules regarding when this suffix will be diminutive, augmentative, positive or negative. It can have positive and negative connotations, so you have to be quite a proficient speaker to handle it properly. This suffix is very peculiar because it can act as both a diminutive and augmentative suffix. Usage: To indicate endearment or denote largeness in size Pie (foot) → pie cezuelo (little, rather ugly foot) 5. Ladrón (thief) → ladron zuelo (burglar, safe-cracker) Note: This is one of those instances where the negative association with the suffix has been lost. Variations: Even though the basic form is – uelo, it can take three other forms: Usage: To indicate smallness but in a derogatory way (in some instances, though, the suffix has lost its derogatory meaning and the new word is neutral) You’ll hear this suffix most often in eastern Spain (except within Catalonia and the Valencian community) and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries, like the Dominican Republic. Usage: Also a substitute for -ito to indicate smallness and endearment Remember that the same ending rules apply here! 3. Usage: To indicate smallness and endearment, especially common in southern and central Spain (and less in South America).
Profesor, profesora (professor) → profesorcit o / a 2. Variation 2: If a word has a masculine and a feminine form, the feminine diminutive is formed by changing the ending -o from the masculine diminutive to -a. For example:ĭoctor, doctora (doctor) → doctorcit o/ a
Variation 1: -cito/a is used for words that end with… However, you should know these two things about this suffix: (I have bought a little tree for the garden.)Īs you can see, this is very easy to learn and use. If you want to express your love for your partner you can call them cariñ ito (from cariño, literally meaning “little love” or “little honey”). So, if you want to talk about a little puppy or small dog, you would say perr ito (from perro). This is probably the most common of the diminutive suffixes in Spanish, which expresses smallness and endearment. Usage: To indicate smallness and endearment
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