niño

Definitions of niño
  1. noun
    a young person of either sex
    synonyms: alevín, chaval, chico, chiquillo, crío, menor
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    hijo adoptivo
    a child who is raised by foster parents
    bribón, diablillo, granuja, pillete, pillo, pilluelo, pícaro, tuno
    one who is playfully mischievous
    doctrino, guacho, huérfano
    a child who has lost both parents
    bobo, tonto
    a word used for misbehaving children
    chiquitín
    a young child
    arrapiezo, criajo, galopín, garulla, golfillo, golfo, mataperros, patojo, pingucho
    poor and often mischievous city child
    abandonado
    a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
    descamisado, guiñapo
    a dirty shabbily clothed urchin
    bicho, braguillas, churumbel, mocoso, niñato
    a very troublesome child
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    joven
    a young person, not fully developed
  2. noun
    a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
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    padres
    a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
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    bebé, criatura, infante, nene, neonato
    a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
    alnado, entenado, hijastro
    a child of your spouse by a former marriage
    hija
    a female human offspring
    cunero, expósito, inclusero
    a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown
    ahijado
    an infant who is sponsored by an adult (the godparent) at baptism
    lactante, niño de pecho
    an infant considered in relation to its nurse
    hijo
    a male human offspring
    entenada, hijastra
    a daughter of your spouse by a former marriage
    entenado, hijastro
    the son your spouse by a former marriage
    bebé probeta, bebé-probeta
    a baby conceived by fertilization that occurs outside the mother's body; the woman's ova are removed and mixed with sperm in a culture medium - if fertilization occurs the blastocyte is implanted in the woman's uterus
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    descendiente, vástago
    the immediate descendants of a person
  3. noun
    an immature childish person
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    alma, humano, individuo, mortal, persona, ser humano
    a human being
  4. noun
    a youthful male person
    synonyms: chiquillo, crío, joven, muchacho, pequeño
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    niña
    a youthful female person
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    monacillo, monaguillo
    a boy serving as an acolyte
    recogepelotas
    a boy who retrieves balls for tennis players
    chaval, hijito, hijo, zagal
    a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
    colegial, escolar
    a boy attending school
    boy scout, explorador
    a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts
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    macho
    a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
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