niño

Meaning

child, boy

Hyphenated as

ni‧ño

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈniɲo/

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ninnus, probably imitative of infantile language; also could have originated from Latin minimus. Compare also Italian nino and Sicilian nicu. Compare English nun for an English word that is formed similarly from imitative origin of infantile speech, as well as possibly nanny and nana.

Sentences

Un niño vuelve a casa de comprar el pan .

A boy comes home from buying bread.

¿ Dónde tiene mi niño lo feo ?, ¡ que no lo veo !

Where does my child have the ugliness, that I don't see it!

Al pasar el tiempo , el niño crece y entra a la universidad .

Over time, the child grows and enters college.

Sebastián es un niño que va a vivir al pueblo de sus tíos .

Sebastian is a boy who goes to live in his uncle's village.

Desde niño fue creyente en el cristianismo .

Since childhood he was a believer in Christianity.

Estos juegos son importantes en el desarrollo psicomotor del niño y del adulto .

These games are important in the psychomotor development of the child and the adult.

El niño confunde la gema con una medicina y se la traga .

The boy mistakes the gem for medicine and swallows it.

Luis Raúl es el típico " niño problema ", adinerado y rebelde .

Luis Raúl is the typical "problem child", wealthy and rebellious.