What is the definition of Juanita?

Answer 1

Janelle

ita is the female diminutive suffix in Spanish and ito is the male suffix. They both mean small as in a small version of the word the suffix is attached to.juanita in Spanish means small or little Juana which is Joan in Spanish. So Juanita is little Joan not Janelle. A name or nickname given to a young girl named Joan. Juan is John in Spanish so a young boy named John or Juan could be called Juanito. ita and ito are very gender specific. female and male respectively. Since a bull or "Toro" is always male, a young bull would be called Torito but never Torita. Carlito means young Carl. This can be done with almost any Spanish name or noun as long as the gender stays the same. You can determine the gender of the root word by the ita or ito suffix.