pequeno

See also: Pequeno and pequeño

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈkeno̝/

Adjective

pequeno (feminine pequena, masculine plural pequenos, feminine plural pequenas)

1. little, short, small; smaller

   Home pequeno, fol de veleno

   A little man, a bag of poison

   (proverb)

2. young; younger

   Este é o meu irmán pequeno.

   This one here is my younger brother.

Derived terms

• pequeneiro (“smallish”)
• pequeniño (“very small”)

Related terms

• pequerrecho

References

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• “pequeno” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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• “pequeno” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pequeno, probably from Vulgar Latin *peccuīnus, from *pittīnus, perhaps from a Celtic root. Compare Spanish pequeño, French petit and Italian piccolo.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA^(key): /pi.ˈke.nu/, /pɪ.ˈke.nʊ/
• IPA^(key): /pɨ.ˈke.nu/

Adjective

1. 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 [...]

Antonyms

• grande

Derived terms

• pequenez
• pequenada
• pequeníssimo
• pequeno-almoço

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: pikinóti

Noun

pequeno m (plural s, feminine pequena, feminine plural pequenas)

1. (colloquial) child