If you are looking for pet names in Spanish to use with your “boyfriend” or “girlfriend”, in this article you will find many pet names or romantic names in the Spanish language that you can use to call your lover, boyfriend, girlfriend. or other significant. Here’s a list I’ve compiled of some of the most common names I’ve heard Spanish-speakers in Latin America use to express affection. For many of them, I have also added the diminutive.
1. heart, my little heart – heart, my heart
2. prince/princess/my little princess – prince, princess, my princess
3. my king/queen/my little warbler – my king, queen, my queen
4. darling, my darling – caress, my caress
5. my blue prince – my blue prince but literally “my blue prince”
6. tesoro/mi tesorito – treasure, my little treasure
7. love/my love/my little love – love, my love, my little love
8. mi morenito/mi morenita – my dark complexion
9. mi paisita – my paisa (“Paisa” is a person from Medellín, Colombia)
10. my gringuito – my gringo
11. my little friend – my dear friend
12. my life – my life
13. bear – teddy bear
14. mom
15. little thing – little thing
And diminutives are not reserved just for people. I have a “little friend” here in Colombia who always refers to her dog as “mi animalito” or “mi animalito”.
Although “textbooks” will tell you that diminutives are only added to nouns, I’ve heard Spanish speakers add them to non-noun words to sound more endearing. For example (for example), “alone” becomes “alone”
My life, you left me alone.
(My life, you left me alone.)
And diminutives aren’t just reserved for “people.” I’ve heard Spanish speakers throw them anytime they want to sound more affectionate. Here are some examples:
“Tomorrow” becomes “morning”
My little princess, I want green this morning.
My princess, I want to see you this morning.
“Letter” becomes “little letter”
My love, you left without leaving me a letter.
My love, you left without leaving me a letter.
“kiss” becomes “kiss”
My little heart, give me a kiss.
My heart, give me a little kiss.
My “x-girlfriend” or “x-girlfirend” has a “nickname” (nickname) that people call her. Her “nickname” or nickname by which she is called is “Barbie”. Can you guess what I call her when I’m trying to sound sweet?
I call her “my beard”
And can you guess what he calls me? She calls me “my little black”.
Obviously, “mi negrito” is not considered offensive here in Colombia. But I figure if I asked my dark-skinned Dominican friends in New York, they’d probably all agree that “mi morenito” sounds better than “mi negrito.”
This ends today’s Spanish lesson on pet names or romantic names in the Spanish language.