pequeno

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See also: Pequeno and pequeño

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pequeno, ultimately probably from Vulgar Latin pĭtĭnnus, probably related to a Celtic root (compare Irish beag, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos, "small"). Cognate with Portuguese pequeno and Spanish pequeño.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈkeno/
  • Rhymes: -eno
  • Hyphenation: pe‧que‧no

Adjective

pequeno (feminine pequena, masculine plural pequenos, feminine plural pequenas)

  1. little, short, small; smaller
    Home pequeno, fol de veleno
    A little man, a bag of poison
    (proverb)
  2. young; younger
    Este é o meu irmán pequeno.
    This one here is my younger brother.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pequeño”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pequeno, probably from Vulgar Latin *peccuinnus. Compare Spanish pequeño, French petit and Italian piccolo.

Pronunciation

 

  • Audio (Portugal):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ẽnu
  • Hyphenation: pe‧que‧no

Adjective

pequeno (feminine pequena, masculine plural pequenos, feminine plural pequenas, comparable, comparative menor, superlative pequeníssimo)

  1. small
    Antonym: grande

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: pikinóti

Noun

pequeno m (plural pequenos, feminine pequena, feminine plural pequenas)

  1. (colloquial) child