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A few words have several diminutives: kip → kippetje or kipje (chicken), rib → ribbetje or ribje (rib). One word has even three possible diminutives: rad → radje, raadje or radertje (cog). A few words have more than one diminutive, of which one is formed by lengthening of the vowel sound with a different meaning.
For example, in Spanish gordo can be a nickname for someone who is overweight, and by adding an -ito suffix, it becomes gordito which is more affectionate. Examples for a double diminutive having two diminutive suffixes are in Polish dzwon → dzwonek → dzwoneczek or Italian casa → casetta → casettina).
from Spanish 'adiós' meaning "goodbye" < latin ad deus "to god" (short for "a Dios seas", "a Dios seades", literally, "may (you) be (commended) to God") adobe From Egyptian via Arabic "Al-tub" aficionado from past participle of aficionar, to inspire affection, from afición affection, from Latin affection-, affectio, from afficere. albatross
The Spanish word petate has given rise to other commo nahuatlisms such as petatearse (“to die”), petatear (meaning “to bluff” in a card game), and petatazo (the smell of marijuana). The Spanish word tiza is a nahuatlism used to refer to sticks of chalk. The word is seldom used in Mexico, with the Hellenism gis used in its place.
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Frijolero is the most commonly used Spanish word for beaner and is particularly offensive when used by a non-Mexican person towards a Mexican in the southwestern United States. Gabacho, in Spain, is used as a derisive term for French people—and, by extension, any French-speaking individual. Among Latin American speakers, however, it is meant ...