pequeno
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pequeno (feminine pequena, masculine plural pequenos, feminine plural pequenas)
- little, short, small; smaller
- Home pequeno, fol de veleno(proverb)
- A little man, a bag of poison
- young; younger
- Este é o meu irmán pequeno.
- This one here is my younger brother.
Derived terms
[edit]- pequeneiro (“smallish”)
- pequeniño (“very small”)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pequeno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pequeno”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “pequeno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pequeno” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pequeno” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “pequeño”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese pequeno, probably from Vulgar Latin *peccuinnus. Compare Spanish pequeño, French petit and Italian piccolo.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Adjective
[edit]pequeno (feminine pequena, masculine plural pequenos, feminine plural pequenas, comparable, comparative menor, superlative pequeníssimo)
- small
- Antonym: grande
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 137:
- Rony ralhou com um aluno do primeiro ano particularmente pequeno [...]
- Ron scolded a first-year student particularly small [...]
Derived terms
[edit]- pequenada
- pequenez
- pequenininho (diminutive), pequenino (diminutive), pequeninho (diminutive)
- pequeníssimo (superlative)
- pequeno-almoço
Descendants
[edit]- Kabuverdianu: pikinóti
Noun
[edit]pequeno m (plural pequenos, feminine pequena, feminine plural pequenas)
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