Translation
my dear, sweetheart (to a daughter or a younger woman, informal, Latin America)
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Word origin
A spoken contraction of mi hija ('my daughter').
- Origin
- Spanish
- Root
- mi hija
Grammar
Examples
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Come and eat, sweetheart, the soup's hot.
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"Have you done your homework yet, love?" my mother asked me.
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My grandmother always calls me "mija" even though I'm already thirty.
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Take good care of yourself, sweetheart, and call me when you get there.
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Don't worry, love, everything is going to be fine.
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