bambino
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8.0
- noun
- /bæmˈbiːnoʊ/
- Informal
:
niño
- You know, I can see it now, with your little bambinos running everywhere, playing in the yard.
Get up at that Hampton Inn with your lady and play that crows that that close Frisbee with them ovules baby and get that little Bambino son.
- Get up at that Hampton Inn with your lady and play that crows that that close Frisbee with them ovules baby and get that little Bambino son.
Examples
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Congrats on the bambino!
Blog text (11) -
You said yourself that I would be doing a great thing, singing for all those widows and the tiny bambinos.
Fiction book (1991) -
What would happen if we asked, what kind of family life do we want well before the bambino arrived?
Blog text (21) -
Every bambino in Italy knows that one.
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No matter what you say to me, Salvatore, you are my bambino.
Fiction book (1991) -
Now Snooki is all about looking after her little bambino.
Blog text (8) -
She's having a bambino.
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Melissa, I don't even know how you do it with three bambinos!
Blog text (21) -
The toddler clutched his toy tightly as he walked, his little bambino feet wobbling on the ground.
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In the park, I watched a happy bambino chase after butterflies, giggling with delight.
Synonyms
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1.0
A young child who has just started to walk, usually one to three years old
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1.0
A very young child who cannot yet walk or talk
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2.2
A very young child who has just started to walk
How Young
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bambino comes from Italian, where the simple baby sound bamb- was used to mean 'little child' and is a gentle way to say 'baby'. So bambino still means a small child or toddler, which is why we use it for children who are just learning to walk.