chiquillo

Spanish

Etymology

From chico +‎ -illo.

Noun

chiquillo m (plural chiquillos, feminine chiquilla, feminine plural chiquillas)

1. diminutive of chico (noun)
   1. (colloquial) kid (young person)

      Synonyms: muchacho, chico, joven

   2. (colloquial) kid (child)

      Synonym: niño

Further reading

• “chiquillo”, 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