diminuto

Galician

Etymology

From Latin dīminutus.

Adjective

diminuto (feminine diminuta, masculine plural diminutos, feminine plural diminutas)

1. tiny, minute

Further reading

• “diminuto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Etymology

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Noun

diminuto (plural diminuti)

1. reduction

Latin

Participle

dīminūtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dīminūtus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīminūtus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.miˈnu.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.miˈnu.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.miˈnu.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.miˈnu.tu/

• Hyphenation: di‧mi‧nu‧to

Adjective

diminuto (feminine diminuta, masculine plural diminutos, feminine plural diminutas)

1. diminutive (very small)

   Synonym: minúsculo

Further reading

• “diminuto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīminutus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dimiˈnuto/ [d̪i.miˈnu.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -uto
• Syllabification: di‧mi‧nu‧to

Adjective

diminuto (feminine diminuta, masculine plural diminutos, feminine plural diminutas)

1. minute
2. tiny

   Synonym: minúsculo

Further reading

• “diminuto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014