pequeño

Meaning

small; little

Concepts

small

little

short

tiny

low

petty

kid

🧒

modest

minor

few

🤏

baby

👶

child

🧒

diminutive

footling

minute

niggling

picayune

piddling

pocket-size

rare

slight

small-scale

wee

young

medium

minimal

fiddling

not great

a little

pocket-sized

peanut

petite

extent

small quantity

very small

piffling

fish

🐟

quantity

gnatlike

runty

scanty

dwarf

dwarflike

diminished

teeny weeny

teensy

teensy-weensy

teeny-weeny

thin

belittled

Synonyms

chico

menudo

chiquito

diminuto

pequeña

corto

niño

🧒

bajo

joven

insignificante

mínimo

escaso

menor

breve

mal agüero

minúsculo

párvulo

modesto

nene

chaparo

poco

poquito

sencillo

trivial

un poco

bebe

👶

buche

cabrito

🧒

chiquillo

chiquita

chiquitín

deficiente

insuficiente

limitado

muy pequeño

nena

niño pequeño

no grande

biter de la pierna

extremo del pato

tee diminuto

infinitesimal

rapazuelo

menuda

pequeño no más

beb

hijo o hija de una mujer

infante de 0 a 3 años

diminuta

tʼuna

Translations

klein

piccolo

petit

pequeno

petit

klein

μικρός

küçük

parvus

pichon

صغير

gering

minuto

Hyphenated as

pe‧que‧ño

Pronounced as (IPA)

/peˈkeɲo/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Irish: bec

Cognate with Irish: beag

Cognate with Welsh: bach

Cognate with Breton: bihan

Cognate with Portuguese: pequeno

Cognate with French: petit

In summary

Probably from Vulgar Latin *peccuinnus, from *pittīnus, perhaps from a Celtic or Frankish root (cf. Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”); Old Irish bec, Irish beag, Welsh bach/bychan, Breton bihan). Compare Portuguese pequeno, cf. also French petit.

Sentences

Siendo muy pequeño su familia tuvo que emigrar a Sevilla .

When he was very young, his family had to emigrate to Seville.

Un pequeño aparcamiento está habilitado en las proximidades de la estación .

A small car park is available in the vicinity of the station.

La victoria sajona dio un pequeño respiro al nuevo reino anglosajón .

The Saxon victory gave a small respite to the new Anglo-Saxon kingdom.

Este pequeño marsupial tiene una corta pero promiscua vida .

This little marsupial has a short but promiscuous life.

El videojuego usa espacio vertical para enfatizar el tamaño pequeño del niño .

The video game uses vertical space to emphasize the child's small size.

El pequeño distrito incluye las calles "Adelphi Terrace", "Robert Street" y "John Adam Street".

The small district includes the streets of Adelphi Terrace, "Robert Street" and "John Adam Street".