Question: "little lion"
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Question: I want a phrase that means (affectionately) "little lion"... used by a young woman to reference her fiancé's growling stomach; my search here gave me "león poco"... but would this be appropriate to my usage for this purpose? My onboard translation program works for literal (i.e. word for word) translation... but it doesn't help with colloquialisms or slang; if there's another (more accurate) phrase, would you please let me know? Thanks in advance for your help!
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updated Jun 8, 2012
posted by forestsage
Hola, Bienvenido al foro! - rac1, Jun 7, 2012
Gracias! I'm looking forward to trying to learn a little of the language of some of my ancestors; I'm fifth generation removed from Spain... and I'm a little ashamed to admit most of my Spanish comes from watching kids' TV! LOL! - forestsage, Jun 7, 2012
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This is more of an endearment, which is next to impossible for any translator to figure out. For endearments, we use diminutives. In this case it would be "leoncito."
updated Jun 8, 2012
posted by 005faa61
Gracias, Julian Chivi! ! I was so close! I originally wrote it as "leonito"... but figured I'd best check with actual Spanish-speaking persons first... lest I embarrass myself! LOL! - forestsage, Jun 7, 2012
BTW, would there be any accent marks in that, like over either the "e" or "o"? Thanks. - forestsage, Jun 7, 2012
No accent mark (tilde) is required because the accented sylable (2nd to last) is the "i" on this word. If the stressed sylable were another one, then the tilde would be required - 005faa61, Jun 8, 2012
Again, thank you so much! I'm going to copy off your comment and add it to my writing notes files... for future reference. How do you say, "You totally rock!" in Spanish? ; ) - forestsage, Jun 8, 2012
