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diminutive:
- diminutivo
- bajo; bajito; chico
Wiktionary:
- diminutive → diminutivo
- diminutive → diminutivo, diminuto
- diminutive → diminutivo, menudo, menudito, chiquillo, chico, corto, bajo, diminuto, pequeño

English

Detailed Translations for diminutive from English to Spanish

diminutive:

diminutive [the ~] nom

the diminutive
el diminutivo
- diminutivo [el ~] nom

diminutive adj

diminutive (small; little; tiny; short; minuscule; undersized; inferior; inadequate; low-grade; middling; shortish)
bajo; bajito; chico
- bajo adj
- bajito adj
- chico adj

Translation Matrix for diminutive:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
bajo		bass; contrabass; sandbank
chico		baby; baby boy; bloke; chap; child; cove; fellow; gent; guy; infant; kid; kiddy; lad; lass; little boy; little chap; little child; little girl; little kid; male; man; mister; naughty boy; nipper; rascal; scamp; small child; small one; sonny; tike; tiny tot; toddler; tot; tyke; type; youth
diminutivo	diminutive	diminishing; diminution; reduction
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	bantam; flyspeck; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
bajito	diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized	on the quiet; on the sly; sneakily
bajo	diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized	bad; banal; base; behind one's back; below the belt; blackguardly; coarse; crude; cunning; false; falsely; foul; gross; indecent; indigent; inferior; jarring; low; low-hanging; mean; nasty; needy; not high; offensive; pedestrian; pennyless; poor; ribald; roguish; rotten; scoundrelly; scurvy; secretly; shabby; sharp; shrewd; slippery; sly; trite; trivial; under; underhand; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vicious; vile; villainous; vulgar
chico	diminutive; inadequate; inferior; little; low-grade; middling; minuscule; short; shortish; small; tiny; undersized

Related Words for "diminutive":

diminutives

Synonyms for "diminutive":

bantam; lilliputian; midget; petite; tiny; flyspeck; small; little
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Related Definitions for "diminutive":

very small¹
- diminutive in stature¹
a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness¹

Wiktionary Translations for diminutive:

diminutive

noun

grammar: word form expressing smallness
- diminutive → diminutivo

adjective

serving to diminish
- diminutive → diminutivo
grammar
- diminutive → diminutivo
very small
- diminutive → diminuto

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• diminutive	→ diminutivo	↔ verkleinwoord — een woord met een verkleiningsuitgang waardoor iemand of iets als klein of weinig wordt voorgesteld
• diminutive	→ menudo; menudito; chiquillo; chico; corto; bajo; diminuto; pequeño	↔ klein — van geringe grootte
• diminutive	→ diminutivo	↔ Diminutiv — Linguistik: grammatische Verkleinerungsform, mit einem Diminutivsuffix Ableitung Substantiv

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