pajarito

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish pájaro

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Spanish -ito

Spanish pajarito

From pájaro + -ito.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paxaˈɾito/ [pa.xaˈɾi.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: pa‧ja‧ri‧to

Noun

pajarito m (plural pajaritos)

1. bowtie
2. (slang, euphemistic) penis
3. packsaddle for a mule or donkey

Noun

pajarito m (plural pajaritos, feminine pajarita, feminine plural pajaritas)

1. diminutive of pájaro (“birdie”)
2. (Chile) an innocent person

Further reading

• “pajarito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “pajarito”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021
• “pajarito”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010