diminutivo
Spanish, noun/diminuˈtibo/
diminutivo is spelled D-I-M-I-N-U-T-I-V-O (10 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 34,480th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Diminutivo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “diminutive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Palabra que incluye un sufijo diminutivo₂, el cual puede indicar, entre otras cosas, pequeñez, juventud, poca…”.
What does diminutivo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
diminutive
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que produce el efecto de disminuir o reducir a menos. 2. Se dice de un sufijo que indica disminución de tamaño, sea físicamente o para efectos emotivos.
noun: 1. Palabra que incluye un sufijo diminutivo₂, el cual puede indicar, entre otras cosas, pequeñez, juventud, poca importancia o afecto.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of diminutivo
- diminutiva feminine
- diminutivos masculine plural
- diminutivas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce diminutivo?
- /diminuˈtibo/
- [d̪i.mi.nuˈt̪i.β̞o]
- [d̪iminuˈt̪iβ̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to diminutivo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is diminutivo in Spanish?
diminutivo appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).