pequeño
See also: pequeno
Asturian
editAdjective
editpequeño
Spanish
editEtymology
editProbably from Vulgar Latin *peccuinnus, from *pittīnus, perhaps from a Celtic or Frankish root (cf. Proto-Celtic *bikkos (“small”); Old Irish bec, Irish beag, Welsh bach/bychan, Breton bihan). Compare Portuguese pequeno, cf. also French petit.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editpequeño (feminine pequeña, masculine plural pequeños, feminine plural pequeñas, superlative pequeñísimo)
Derived terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “pequeño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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