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"Little girl" is a noun which is often translated as "la niña pequeña", and "no one" is a pronoun which is often translated as "nadie". Learn more about the difference between "little girl" and "no one" below.
little girl(
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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. (general)
a. la niña pequeña (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).
I saw a little girl fall off her bike.Vi a una niña pequeña caerse de su bicicleta.
c. la pequeña (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).
When I was a little girl I loved to hear her stories.De pequeña, me encantaba escuchar sus cuentos.
d. la nena (F) (when speaking to a child)
(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).
Come here, little girl. I won't bite.Ven acá, nena. Que no muerdo.
e. la chiquita (F) (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).
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
She had a little girl with her who couldn't have been more than four or five.Estaba con una chiquita que no podía tener más de cuatro o cinco años.
