petiz

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French petit.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -is, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -iʃ
  • Hyphenation: pe‧tiz

Adjective

petiz (feminine petiza, masculine plural petizes, feminine plural petizas, comparable)

  1. (informal) small; little
    Synonym: pequeno

Descendants

  • → Spanish: petiso

Noun

petiz m (plural petizes, feminine petiza, feminine plural petizas)

  1. (informal) kid
    Synonyms: criança, garoto, menino

References

  1. ^ “petiz”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
  2. ^ “petiz”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.