niña bonita
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “pretty girl”.
Noun
[edit]niña bonita f (plural niñas bonitas)
- (idiomatic) pet; darling
- (Spain, colloquial) the number fifteen in some Spanish card games
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see niña, bonito.
Further reading
[edit]- “niño, ña bonito, ta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28