What are the diminutives for tía or tio?

Question

Hi all!!

l've just finished watching this lesson, and l was wondering

What are the diminutives for: tía or tio?

Could that be tíita? or tíito?

And why does papá becomes papaíto although it ends with a tilde and mamá is mamacita??!

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Answer 1

Hi lovely!

They are: tito y tita

Thank you Cogumela! - 00b6f46c, Nov 26, 2011

That's intersting, too. I have heard these used as nicknames, especially Tito, but not as referring to someone's aunt or Uncle. - Jeremias, Nov 26, 2011

Answer 2

tito2, ta.

1. m. dim. y f. dim. coloq. de tío (? hermano o hermana del padre o de la madre). U. m. en Andalucía.

This is one possibility, tiocito or anything like this does not exist.

Tiíto can be heard too.

Omg that sounds so funny! thanks Heidi! - 00b6f46c, Nov 26, 2011

Answer 3

I'm from a Latino family and call all of my aunts "tití." It means "auntie" as opposed to "aunt." I haven't heard a diminutive of "tío" yet. I was hoping to find one since I have an uncle younger than me who doesn't speak English well and I want to call him something appropriate as my junior.

Answer 4

Hi Lovely,

Papá becomes papacito, and mamá becomes mamcita. (I think you meant to put the c in papacito).

However, I have never heard tía / tío used in diminutive form. I am not sure why not.

Papi and mami are far more common around here - cogumela, Nov 26, 2011

No l meant papito, that's what the dict says. thanks :) - 00b6f46c, Nov 26, 2011

That's interesting. Cogu. In Mexico the use these as well, but papacito and mamacito are very common. - Jeremias, Nov 26, 2011

Answer 5

tito/ ta.

Actually, my guess is, the word tiíto got shortened to this, as the second i is hardly audible, jeje, just guessing.

Answer 6

Hi Lovely

I am not sure if diminutives exist for tía and tío either

but if they do they might be tíacita and tíocito - I am not sure about the tildes.

A native speaker might be willing to clarify.

I would say that tiocito is not a word - cogumela, Nov 26, 2011

yo dice lo mismo, jeje, pero ya verás fijo que el algún sitio se dice, jeje - 00494d19, Nov 26, 2011