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]
- “pequeno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “pequeno” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “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 mais pequeno, superlative o mais pequeno or 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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