pequeno
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician and Old 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 m (feminine singular 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]
- “pequeno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “pequeno” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “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.
- ^ Corominas, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997), “pequeño”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico, Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese pequeno, probably from Vulgar Latin *peccuīnus, from *pittīnus, perhaps from a Celtic root. Compare Spanish pequeño, French petit and Italian piccolo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
pequeno m (feminine singular pequena, masculine plural pequenos, feminine plural pequenas, comparable)
- small
- 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 [...]
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of pequeno
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
| positive | pequeno | pequena | pequenos | pequenas |
| comparative | mais pequeno | mais pequena | mais pequenos | mais pequenas |
| superlative | o mais pequeno pequeníssimo |
a mais pequena pequeníssima |
os mais pequenos pequeníssimos |
as mais pequenas pequeníssimas |
| augmentative | — | — | — | — |
| diminutive | — | — | — | — |
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Kabuverdianu: pikinóti
Noun[edit]
pequeno m (plural pequenos, feminine pequena, feminine plural pequenas)
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- Galician adjectives
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