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igualito

exactly the same

adjective ee-gwah-LEE-toh Rare

Usage Note

Igualito is the diminutive of igual, but the diminutive suffix here intensifies rather than diminishes — it means 'exactly identical, the spitting image of.' It is characteristic of colloquial Latin American Spanish and carries an affectionate or emphatic tone, as in es igualito a su padre ('he's the spitting image of his father').

Examples

"El niño es igualito a su abuelo."

Natural Translation

The boy is the spitting image of his grandfather.

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