Ranchonillo
My buddy's nickname is 'ranchonillo' --what does that mean? His friends from Manzanilla named him that.
5 Answers
Mark said:
Why wouldn't little apple tree be 'manzanita'? Little Ranch doesn't make sense/doesn't fit him, but that's what I thought at first. Is 'ranchon' a conjugated form of a verb? I was hoping to see if anyone knows of the actual word or colloquialism.
Because manzanita means little apple.
manzana = apple
manzano = apple tree
As I said, there is no "actual word" here (that's why it has virtually no Web presence). It's a made-up word. We do this in English all the time.
And, no, ranchon is no verb form.
Why wouldn't little apple tree be 'manzanita'? Little Ranch doesn't make sense/doesn't fit him, but that's what I thought at first. Is 'ranchon' a conjugated form of a verb? I was hoping to see if anyone knows of the actual word or colloquialism.
Mark said:
Okay - I can't get on MySpace (firewall) --does it say what it means?
No. But it seems fairly obvious to me. The -nillo is a diminutive form. Manzano, for example, means apple tree, and manzanillo means little apple tree. The diminutive of rancho is usually ranchito, but nicknames aren't bound by rules. I can't say why his friends call your buddy Little Ranch, but that's what it would mean.
Okay - I can't get on MySpace (firewall) --does it say what it means'
It's not a Spanish word, and was probably coined by his friends. That spelling only gets three googits, two of which are for a MySpace page for a guy whose nickname is Ranchonillo and is from -- wait for it -- Manzanillo.
