pinino

Spanish

Etymology

From Piedmontese pinin (“youngest brother”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piˈnino/ [piˈni.no]
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Syllabification: pi‧ni‧no

Noun

pinino m (plural pininos)

  1. (Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Caribbean, Venezuela, Peru, Rioplatense) first steps
  2. (Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Peru, Rioplatense) baby steps

Adjective

pinino

  1. (Argentina, dialectal) smallest, littlest. Used to describe a very short or young man.
    El marido es re pinino. ― The husband is very short.
    El pinino de los Pérez es abogado. ― Perez' youngest (son) is a lawyer.
  2. Also, figuratively, a little farm or domestic animal.
    El (gato) pinino aprendió a saltar. ― The smallest cat learned to jump.
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