-cita

• -cito

-cita

1. cell (equivalent of the English: -cyte)

• taci

-cita f (noun-forming suffix, plural -citas, masculine -cito, masculine plural -citos)

1. alternative form of -ita; feminine of -cito

• Added to feminine words and names to denote a diminutive form. It occurs especially with words ending in a consonant or a vowel other than unstressed -a, and does not delete the final vowel (contrast with -ita, which is added in place of a vowel that does get deleted).

• “-cito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024