What is a Spanish nickname for Maria?

Nicknames for Girls

Nickname	Name	Name in English
Malena	María Elena	Mary Elena
Maricarmen	María del Carmen	Mary del Carmen
Mar	Mariana	Maryanne
Tita	Marta	Martha

How is Chema short for Jose Maria?

The name “José María” is colloquially shortened to “José Mari”, “Josema” or replaced by the hypocoristic forms “Chema”, “Chemari” or “Chemis”….José María.

Gender	Male
Other names
Nickname(s)	Chema
Related names	Joseph, Maria

What are some Spanish nicknames?

Names for Friends and Family

• Conejito. Conejo means rabbit and conejito means little bunny.
• Chiquito/a. Just like the popular banana brand, chiquita translates to “little girl.” Chiquito is the same, but for a small boy.
• Jefe.
• Chulo/a.
• Güero/a.
• Lobo/a.
• Chismoso/a.
• Tramposo/a.

What will be the diminutive of your name?

Diminutive means small. A diminutive word is a “cute” version of a word or name: for example, “duckling” is a diminutive of “duck” and Billy is a diminutive form of the name William.

What is Lucha short for?

Lucha is the Spanish for “fight, struggle”.

What is Pepe short for in Spanish?

The most well known nickname in Spanish is for people named José; the nickname is Pepe, which comes from the abbreviation of the old form of José: “Josepe.” Another strange case is the case of Paco, Curro and Pancho, which are all short for Francisco.

What is the Spanish name Chema short for?

Chema is a common nickname for the Spanish given name José María (an alternative to the short form José Mari), and less commonly for José Manuel (or Josema).

What is a Spanish diminutive?

What is a Spanish diminutive? A diminutive in Spanish is a word with an added suffix that slightly changes the meaning of the word. The closest English equivalent might be adding a “y” to the ending of a word, like “doggy” as opposed to “dog”, or just adding “little” in front of a word.

What does diminutive mean in language?

very small
Just as diminish means “to grow smaller”, diminutive means “very small”. When writing about language, diminutive as both an adjective and a noun refers to particular endings and the words made with them to indicate smallness. However, diminutives are more common in many other languages.