pajarita
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From pájaro (“bird”) + -ita (feminine diminutive suffix). In sense 2, named after a bird-shaped folded paper design popular in Spain.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pajarita f (plural pajaritas)
- female equivalent of pajarito, a small bird
- an origami (piece of art made by folding paper)
- (Spain, Cuba, Mexico, regionally elsewhere) bowtie, bow tie
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Further reading edit
- “pajarita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014