muñequito

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish muñeco

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Spanish -ito

Spanish muñequito

From muñeco + -ito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muɲeˈkito/ [mu.ɲeˈki.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: mu‧ñe‧qui‧to

Noun

muñequito m (plural muñequitos)

1. diminutive of muñeco
2. (in the plural, Latin America) animated cartoon

   Alternative form: muñe

Further reading

• “muñequito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “muñequito”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010