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"Cutie" is a noun which is often translated as "la monada", and "babe" is a noun which is often translated as "cariño". Learn more about the difference between "cutie" and "babe" below.
cutie(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (colloquial) (cute person or thing)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
b. la lindura (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Your son is such a cutie; he looks like a cherub.Tu hijo es una lindura; parece un querubín.
c. la preciosidad (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Which of the puppies do you want? - That little cutie with the black spots!¿Cuál de los cachorros te quieres llevar? - ¡Esa preciosidad de las manchas negras!
d. la hermosura (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
What a cutie that kitten with the grey stripes is!¡Qué hermosura la gatita de las rayas grises!
a. el precioso (M), la preciosa (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
How are you, cutie? It's been a long time since I saw you around here.¿Cómo estás, precioso? Hace mucho que no te veo por acá.
babe(
beyb
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. cariño
Babe, can you hold my hand?Cariño, ¿puedes tomar mi mano?
I don't know you, so don't call me "babe."No te conozco, así que no me digas "cariño."
2. (colloquial) (attractive female)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. la chica linda (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
What a babe!¡Qué chica linda!
b. la mamacita (F) (colloquial) (Latin America)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
Jerry's new girl is a real babe.La nueva chica de Jerry es una verdadera mamacita.
c. el bombón (M) (colloquial)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Ms. Gonzalez is a total babe.La señorita González es un bombón total.
d. el jamón (M) (colloquial) (Spain)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
Hey, don't call my mom a babe!¡Oye! No le llames jamón a mi mamá.
3. (infant)
b. el rorro (M) (colloquial) (Spain)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Regionalism used in Spain
The babe is crying.El rorro está llorando.
