Meaning of mama/papa and diminutives

utopiacowboy says on Dec 9, 2006, 08:28:

My wife calls her daughter "mamita" and her sons "papito" all the time. Some women will call their boyfriends or husbands "papi" and their husbands or boyfriends call them "mami". My wife absolutely hates the "papi" and "mami" thing!

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007CA says on Dec 9, 2006, 08:30:

thanks, utopiacowboy that's helpful.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Dec 9, 2006, 09:24:

both children and grandparents In Cali I've also heard people call their grandparents "papito" and "mamita".

Cheers,
Desi

«Sé que los seres humanos y los peces podrán coexistir en paz». ( George W. Bush, Saginaw 29-09-00)

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Dec 9, 2006, 09:47:

007CA I shortened the title of your post a little because it was doing something weird to the spaces on this page. (Widened the left hand space making it necessary to use the space bar to be able to read the entire line.) I hope you don't mind.

Cheers,
Desi

«Sé que los seres humanos y los peces podrán coexistir en paz». ( George W. Bush, Saginaw 29-09-00)

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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007CA says on Dec 9, 2006, 09:51:

Thanks, Desi I don't mind at all. Thanks for your input.

I gather I was confusing mamita and mamacita. Is mamacita more for physical appearances and mamita more for teams of endearment?

Thanks for everyone's input:)

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podborski says on Dec 9, 2006, 09:59:

I have been called 'papacito' by a close friend and I like to think it was meant in the best way... older but still physically attractive : )

I heard a girl on her cell in Cha Cha telling her gf that the place was full of papacitos, which she seemed happy about...I didn't see anyone over the age of 30 there at the time (except for me).

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007CA says on Dec 9, 2006, 10:08:

Que bueno, podborski! que bueno :)

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Dec 9, 2006, 10:14:

Yes, papito and mamita are terms of endearment, used in family environment, either for children or grandparents.

Mamacita or papacito mean hot girls and hot guys. (Repapito can also be used foe a very good-looking guy...confusing?)

Cheers,
Desi

«Sé que los seres humanos y los peces podrán coexistir en paz». ( George W. Bush, Saginaw 29-09-00)

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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007CA says on Dec 9, 2006, 10:17:

Gracias! No, I get it. Para mi, Juanes es papacito:) jejeje

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podborski says on Dec 9, 2006, 10:24:

in spanish class the teacher was asking a girl about her baby, and first she called it a bebe, then found out it was a new baby, so it was a chiquito (?) and then when she found out it was like 1 month old she had another diminutive like chiquitico ? I never quite got it exactly and wondered what the 'correct' words were. Desi?

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utopiacowboy says on Dec 9, 2006, 10:40:

My wife says "chiquitico" all the time when she sees a baby or toddler usually accompanied by "Tan lindo!" and other assorted gushes.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Dec 9, 2006, 10:42:

bebe sound fine to me Bebé or nené is fine for a child under a year old, chiquito or chiquitito (chiquitico), even chiquitín are just other words for a small child; as always a dear child has many names.

Cheers,
Desi


«Sé que los seres humanos y los peces podrán coexistir en paz». ( George W. Bush, Saginaw 29-09-00)

"When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?"(First Witch in Macbeth)

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ColombiaBoard says on Dec 9, 2006, 14:31:

Important difference In Colombia, specially in the andean region you hear often this style of diminutives:

- Chiquitico, poquitico, bonitico, pasitico

Whereas in most central american countries and other regions you'd hear:

- Chiquitito, poquitito, bonito, pasito

Notice the ICO and ITO endings.

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Monita Linda says on Dec 10, 2006, 03:18:

Papi, papasito, papisote are terms of endearment I use for my man.
(Although I mostly call him papi).
My man calls me mami, mamasita, mamasote, mamasota and mamita.....

He calls his parents mostly pa and ma.

Poor but Preppy ______Colombia: the only risk is wanting to lay.

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Azul says on Dec 11, 2006, 20:30:

Just like Loliita, my wife calls me Papasito, Papisote, Papito, etc.... Recently she's taken to calling my Daddy, which her whole family repeats in a very funny way. Must be the gringo in me, but I haven't brought myself to call her Mamasita yet :-)

las cosas caen por su propio peso

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utopiacowboy says on Dec 11, 2006, 21:53:

Somehow I wouldn't find it very exciting sexually to have my wife calling me "Daddy". Maybe for some.

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podborski says on Dec 12, 2006, 05:34:

doesn't work for me either I'm happy with 'munequito'

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