bambino

American  

[bam-bee-noh, bahm-, bahm-bee-naw] / bæmˈbi noʊ, bɑm-, bɑmˈbi nɔ /

noun

plural

bambinos,

plural

bambini

1. a small child or baby.

2. an image of the infant Jesus.

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bambino British  

/ bæmˈbiːnəʊ /

noun

1. informal a young child, esp an Italian one

2. a representation of the infant Jesus

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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.

Etymology

Origin of bambino

1755–65; < Italian, equivalent to bamb ( o ) childish (perhaps originally nursery word) + -ino diminutive suffix

Example Sentences

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

Her flight companion: her cherubic bambino, 21-month-old Milko Skofic Jr., whose smile is as winning as mamma's.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maria came forward, carrying her babe in her arms—Ludovico's "piccolo bambino!"

From Mortmain by Train, Arthur Cheny