chiquito

See also: Chiquito

Spanish

Etymology

From chico (“boy”) +‎ -ito (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈkito/ [t͡ʃiˈki.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: chi‧qui‧to

Adjective

chiquito (feminine chiquita, masculine plural chiquitos, feminine plural chiquitas)

1. diminutive of chico (“small, tiny”)

Noun

chiquito m (plural chiquitos, feminine chiquita, feminine plural chiquitas)

1. diminutive of chico (“kiddo, little one, little boy, little guy; little child”)
2. (colloquial, chiefly euphemistic, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador) anus

Derived terms

• chiquitillo
• chiquitín
• chiquitito
• hacerse el chiquito
• por el chiquito

 

Further reading

• “chiquito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10