Piccolo tesoro and Tesorino are Italian equivalents of the English phrase "little treasure."
Specifically, the masculine adjective piccolo is "little, small." The masculine noun tesoro means "treasure." The masculine noun tesorino translates as "little treasure" by virtue of the diminutive ending -ino ("dear, little, small, sweet") being added to tesoro.
The respective pronunciations will be "PEEK-ko-lo te-ZO-ro" and "TE-zo-REE-no" in Italian.
Giovannino is an Italian equivalent of the English name "Little John".Specifically, the name is a masculine proper noun. The first part, Giovanni, means "John". The ending --inotranslates as "dear, little, sweet". The pronunciation will be "DJO-va-NEEN-no" in Italian.
"Little flower" in English means fiorellino in Italian.
"Little" in English is piccola in the feminine and piccolo in the masculine in Italian.
little marching band, or little parade
Carina and Darlene are Italian equivalents of the English name "Darlene." The feminine proper noun in question takes the first form when the literal translation of "little darling" is required and the second when the loan name is used. The respective pronunciations will be "ka-REE-na" and "dar-LEY-ney" in Italian.
Il tuo piccolo tesoro and il tuo tesorino are Italian equivalents of the English phrase "your little treasure."Specifically, the masculine singular definite article il is "the." The masculine possessive adjective tuo means "(informal singular) your." The masculine adjective piccolo means "dear, little, small, sweet." The masculine noun tesoro means "treasure." The masculine noun tesorino translates as "little treasure" through the addition of the ending -ino ("dear, little, small, sweet").The respective pronunciations will be "eel TOO-o PEEK-ko-lo te-ZO-ro" and "eel TOO-o TE-zo-REE-no" in Italian.
Little boy or baby boy. Bambina is little girl or baby girl. In Italian, of course.
Biscietta is one Italian equivalent of the English phrase "little snake".Specifically, the word is a feminine noun in its singular form. The ending --etta means "dear, little, small". The pronunciation will be "bee-SHET-ta" in Italian.
"Dear little saints" is an English equivalent of the Italian name Santucci.Specifically, the masculine noun santi means "saints". The suffix --ucci translates as "dear, little, sweet". The pronunciation will be "sahn-TOOT-tchee" in Italian.
Laurentina is an Italian equivalent of the English phrase "little Lauren."Specifically, the Italian and the English names are feminine proper nouns. The diminutive suffixes -ina and -tinamean "dear, little, sweet." The pronunciation is LOW-*rehn-TEE-nah."*The sound is similar to that in the English exclamation of pain "Ow!"
"Little brother" in English is fratellino in Italian.
"Little bags" and "little sacks" are two English equivalents of the Italian name Sacchetti.Specifically, the word is a masculine noun in its singular form. Sacco means "sack". The diminutive suffix -ettitranslates as "dear, little".The pronunciation will be "sak-KET-tee" in Italian.
Giovannino is an Italian equivalent of the English name "Little John".Specifically, the name is a masculine proper noun. The first part, Giovanni, means "John". The ending --inotranslates as "dear, little, sweet". The pronunciation will be "DJO-va-NEEN-no" in Italian.
"Little brush" is an English equivalent of the Italian word spazzolino.Specifically, the Italian word is a masculine noun. It combines the feminine noun spazzola for "brush" with the suffix -ino, -lino for "little, small." The pronunciation is "SPAHTS-tsoh-LEE-noh."
"Little island" in English means isolotto in Italian.
"Little Nora" is a literal English equivalent of the Italian name Norine.Specifically, the name is a feminine proper noun. It may be a given name or a surname. The pronunciation will be "noh-REE-ney" in Italian.
"A little shade" in English is un po' di ombra or piccola ombra. The English word "umbrella" comes from the Italian noun ombrello, which translates back into English as "umbrella." The Italian word, however, is ultimately from a diminutive form of the Latin word umbra, which does mean "shade."