modelito

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Spanish modelito, diminutive of modelo

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.deˈli.tu/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.dɨˈli.tu/ [mu.ðɨˈli.tu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.dɨˈli.tu/ [mu.ðɨˈli.tu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.dɨˈli.tu/

Noun

modelito m (plural modelitos)

1. diminutive of modelo
2. (Brazil) outfit (all the clothes that you wear at the same time, usually special clothes)

   Synonym: conjunto

Further reading

• “modelito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *médos

Proto-Italic *medos

Latin modus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Late Latin modulusder.

Vulgar Latin *modellus

Italian modellobor.

Spanish modelo

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Spanish -ito

Spanish modelito

From modelo + -ito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /modeˈlito/ [mo.ð̞eˈli.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: mo‧de‧li‧to

Noun

modelito m (plural modelitos)

1. diminutive of modelo