llenito

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish lleno

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Spanish -ito

Spanish llenito

From lleno + -ito.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈnito/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈni.t̪o]

• IPA^(key): /ʝeˈnito/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈni.t̪o] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ʎeˈnito/ [ʎeˈni.t̪o] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ʃeˈnito/ [ʃeˈni.t̪o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ʒeˈnito/ [ʒeˈni.t̪o] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: lle‧ni‧to

Adjective

llenito (feminine llenita, masculine plural llenitos, feminine plural llenitas)

1. diminutive of lleno
2. chubby; plump