bambino
Americannoun
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bambinos,
plural
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bambini
plural
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a small child or baby.
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an image of the infant Jesus.
noun
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informal a young child, esp an Italian one
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a representation of the infant Jesus
Usage
What does bambino mean? Bambino is the Italian word for a "male child or baby." It can also be used as a nickname or term of endearment for a man more generally.
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Etymology
Origin of bambino
1755–65; < Italian, equivalent to bamb ( o ) childish (perhaps originally nursery word) + -ino diminutive suffix
Example Sentences
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She claims she even uses words and mannerisms such as "mamma mia", "bambino" and "si" in conversation without realising it.
From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2024
Michelangelo: I’m lookin’ at your paintings and I gotta say I see no Real diff’rence from the scribbles of a one-armed bambino.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2020
First, Andrea Pirlo doing the Panenka penalty on the gurning, arms-flapping, Grobbelaar-impersonating Joe Hart, a moment of beauty that was missing only the words: "Ciao, bambino".
From The Guardian ● Jun. 7, 2014
The bambino stopped the orchestra, sternly told the oboist to get back on the track.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Jaccaci was still petting the beautiful little boy who looked like the bambino on the celebrated fresco of Florence; Mrs. Hill was kissing and hugging several little girls who had clung to her skirts.
From The Living Present by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
Fran Cornetta shared on Facebook that pastina was the "transition from liquids to solids" for her and all the bambini in her family.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2023
The bambini – three boys aged seven, six and four – looked either adorable or a bit of a handful, depending on how much you knew about kids.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2014
Pinocchio was originally published serially in the weekly Giornale dei bambini, the “newspaper for kids,” where it gained a large following.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2011
They dandled bambini on their knees, staged feasts with their rations and forgot the war for a while.
From Time Magazine Archive
And so off they go, the young men and women and the young families and the little bambini, leaving the old peoples behind to bend for themselves.
From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech
Where bambinos, billy goats and boogeymen curse entire teams.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
Nine years ago Signer Guiseppe Danise came to the U. S. from Salerno, Italy, under contract with the Metropolitan Opera Company, leaving Signora Danise and two bambinos behind him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of both bambinos and signorinas II Duce was judge.
From Time Magazine Archive
Baritone Danise was living in Manhattan with the present Signora Danise and their two bambinos.
From Time Magazine Archive
Well, poor Tulee's troubles are all over," rejoined Madame, with a sigh; "and bambinos escape a great deal of suffering by going out of this wicked world.
From A Romance of the Republic by Lydia Maria Francis Child
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