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hipocorístico
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hipocorístic
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hipocorístico
A name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix)
hypocorism
Portuguese
hipocorístico
1
The
pet
name
is engraved only in the hearts of a few.
2
Nobody else in the world ever called her by a
pet
name
.
3
Never before had the Indian
pet
name
carried such significance as now.
4
But for a journalist, it sounds too much like a
pet
name
.
5
She stiffened at the sound of the
pet
name
,
but continued on.
6
So you know her already-andyou call her by her
pet
name
?
7
I'm after resarvin' me
pet
name
for the use of me friends!
8
And what was your
pet
name
for him I wonder, eh, sly-boots?
9
The young lady in question was called Bertha, that being her
pet
name
.
10
In the last letter you called Edmund Samurai, Ali's
pet
name
for him.
11
At the sound of my
pet
name
I took courage again.
12
Mons is a
pet
name
applied to cats; like our tommy or pussy.
13
Moti was the little Maharajah, and that was his
pet
name
.
14
Ani hugged her, barely resisting tears at the sound of the
pet
name
.
15
He used to call her by an odd
pet
name
he had invented.
16
Estelle had learnt to call Mrs. Wright by this
pet
name
.
Portuguese
hipocorístico
Catalan
hipocorístic
Spanish
hipocorístico