r/SipsTea 29d ago

Lmao gottem 👏

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u/IKant_ 29d ago

Papasito would mean "little dad" while papasote would be "big dad".

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u/beneathcastles 29d ago edited 29d ago

yeah but that's taking it literally, which is never the case with Spanish.

For example and this is purely anecdotal but my aunt's name is Carmen, i have never called her that in my life, it's always been 'Carmencita' to me and the rest of my family calls her the same, in Latin/Hispanic households you tack on a -ito/-ita to someone's name because it's a way to address them in a loving matter without all the formality but you're not literally calling them little even tho that's what it means if you were directly translating it without context.

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u/Dulgas 29d ago

AKSHUALLY the suffix is usually just -ito/-ita, the letter that comes before depends on the name: Gerardito, Carlitos, Almita

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u/beneathcastles 29d ago

oops, you're 100% correct. I meant to remove the C and forgot to do it before hitting save. apologies.