angelito

Spanish

Etymology

ángel (“angel”) +‎ -ito (diminutive suffix)

Noun

angelito m (plural angelitos, feminine angelita, feminine plural angelitas)

(colloquial) a young child
(colloquial, euphemistic) a recently deceased young child

Derived terms

con los angelitos

Further reading

“angelito” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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