nickname "Shorty"

Question

How does the nickname "Shorty" translate into Spanish?

"Shawty" also :) - kiersten11, Dec 31, 2011

Answer 1

Yep, chaparrito/a is probably hands-down the most often heard, especially in my area... there are others but not so much used as nicknames (with the exception of the last 3 perhaps) for someone of this build:

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• pícnico,ca
• retaco,ca
• rechoncho, cha
• chicoco, ca
• petiso, sa
• tachuela

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I have even heard enanito used, but only in "close quarters"... with very close friends and acquaintances!

For our British friends, how often do you hear "titchy" used, and is it somewhat 'friendly' or more toward 'peyorativo?' - cristalino, Dec 31, 2011

Thank you for addressing familiarity as well as translation. Your response helped out a lot. - reneecurren, Jan 2, 2012

Answer 2

Chaparrito(a)

I second this one! =D - NikkiLR, Dec 31, 2011

También: "el chaparro" o "la chaparra" :) - cristalino, Dec 31, 2011

Answer 3

I'd guess "Bajito"

Pero tal vez justo "Shorty" (pronounce más como: CH-ortee.) ('tongue-in-cheek' digo eso. Por serio por favor no toma más que broma.)

o,

"Chilangito" (de ciudad de Méjico)

o, otro/otra: "ito" "ita" ajunta a palabra apropiada.