angelito

Spanish

Etymology

ángel (“angel”) +‎ -ito (diminutive suffix)

Noun

angelito m (plural angelitos, feminine angelita, feminine plural angelitas)

1. (colloquial) a young child
2. (colloquial, euphemistic) a recently deceased young child

Derived terms

• con los angelitos

Further reading

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