pinino

== Spanish == === Etymology === From Piedmontese pinin (“youngest brother”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /piˈnino/ [piˈni.no] Rhymes: -ino Syllabification: pi‧ni‧no === Noun === pinino m (plural pininos) (Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Caribbean, Venezuela, Peru, Rioplatense) first steps (Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Peru, Rioplatense) baby steps ==== Related terms ==== === Adjective === pinino (Argentina, dialectal) smallest, littlest. Used to describe a very short or young man. El marido es re pinino. ― The husband is very short. El pinino de los Pérez es abogado. ― Perez' youngest (son) is a lawyer. Also, figuratively, a little farm or domestic animal. El (gato) pinino aprendió a saltar. ― The smallest cat learned to jump.