Noun: neno
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | neno |
| Singular f | nena |
| Plural m | nenos |
| Plural f | nenas |
Sample Sentences
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un neno que auia Fernan Gundisalui de Maria Dominguez que era afillado de don Romeu Perez, abbade de Uillanoua de Laurençana [1259, Á. Rodríguez González & J. A. Rey Caiña (eds.), "Tumbo de Lorenzana", in Estudios Mindonienses, 8, page 148]
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Et outros muytos nenos et donas et dõzelas tirarõ os gregos do tenplo, et nõnos quiserõ matar, mays leuárõnos cõsigo pera Greçia (And the Greek took many other children and women and young ladies from the temple, and they didn't want to kill them, but they took them away to Greece) [1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 661:]
Nouns inflected like neno
preguiceiro,
metafísico,
serbio,
entomólogo,
estreleiro,
cunqueiro,
becerro,
palestino,
granxeiro,
georgiano,
kiribatiano,
escandinavo,
chadiano,
tamborileiro,
antónimo,
búlgaro,
alcohólico,
milenario,
mauritano,
anglofóbico, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese neno, from a Vulgar Latin *ninnus, probably imitative of infantile language. Compare Spanish niño, Asturian neñu, Italian nino. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
neno', Spanish Nouns '
niño', Asturian Nouns '
neñu', Italian Nouns '
nino'.
Verbs referencing "neno"
Asturian Nouns
neñu.
Translations