Listed here is a lyric from the Manu Chao I like you”) song me gustas tú (“:
¿Qué hora son, mi corazón? – “What time is it, my heart?”
Chao is not singing to his cardiac muscles: mi corazón, “my heart”, is yet another method to deal with someone you care about.
Mexican Terms of Endearment
25. Vato – “Guy”
Vato is just a slang that is mexican for “guy”, similar to tГo in European Spanish.
26. Mijo/mija – “My Son/My Daughter”
Mijo and mija are contractions of mi hijo/mi hija (“my son/daughter”) they are both endearing terms for a family member you will hear all throughout Central and south usa.
They are sometimes written as m’hijo and m’hija. Coincidentally, the noun mijo additionally means “millet” (a form of cereal.)
French Terms of Endearment
27. Mon cœur – “My heart”
Remember mi corazГіn in Spanish? Mon cЕ“ur in French means the thing that is same “my heart”. It is possible to state it to someone you’re in a relationship with (male or female).
Additionally it is typical for French moms and dads to express mon cЕ“ur to kids.
28. Mon amour – “My love”
Unsurprisingly, the expressed word amour (“love”) also seems as a phrase of endearment. Use mon amour (“my love”) in the same manner you would utilized mon cœur.
29. Mon bébé – “My baby”
Another term of endearment that may directly be translated from English (and Spanish). Mon bébé means “my baby”.
Remember that bГ©bГ©, amour and cЕ“ur are typical masculine nouns. This means you need to constantly state amour/cЕ“ur that is mon even although you’re speaking with a lady.
The feminine kind of mon is ma, but this term need the exact same sex as the noun being described, maybe maybe not the person being described.
30. -et / -ette
We have additionally heard of Spanish suffixes that are diminutive and -ita. French has got the exact same concept – they call it le diminutif – except these times the suffixes are -et (masculine) and -ette (feminine).
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