Kilo Lingo

Spanish · Chapter 40 · Lesson 5 · Grammar primer

Diminutives and augmentatives: -ito, -illo, -on, -azo

The suffixes that pervade real Spanish: casita (little house), un poquito, ahorita and abuelita (affection), un hombron and exitazo (size), plus the blow sense (portazo) and frozen forms like bolsillo.

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