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itsy bitsy

Spanish translation: pequeñita(o)/chiquitita(o)

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English term or phrase:itsy bitsy
Spanish translation:pequeñita(o)/chiquitita(o)
Entered by: Oso (X)

19:40 Jan 14, 2003
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: itsy bitsy
It's a top five bluckbuster movie countdown.
The complete sentence is:
"Proving no itsy bitsy Spider at four is the summer's blockbuster Spiderman."
Carlos Arbes�
pequeñita
Explanation:
Hola Carlos,
Hace referencia a la canción infantil:
"Itsy Bitsy Spider" (La araña pequeñita).
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Note added at 2003-01-14 19:44:38 (GMT)
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(from Cambridge International Dictionary of English)
itsy-bitsy
British and American, American and Australian also itty-bitty
adjective [before n] 
HUMOROUS 
extremely small 
The baby had itsy-bitsy little hands and feet.
It\'s the itsy-bitsiest hat I\'ve ever seen.

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Note added at 2003-01-15 21:56:23 (GMT) Post-grading
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Gracias a ti, Carlos ¶:^)
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Oso (X)
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Gracias.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +14pequeñita
Oso (X)
5 +7chiquitito/a, chiquititito/a
Refugio
5 +1Witsy witsy
Mónica Negrete
5 +1La pequeña arañita...
Silvia Sassone (X)
5diminuta
moken


  

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pequeñita


Explanation:
Hola Carlos,
Hace referencia a la canción infantil:
"Itsy Bitsy Spider" (La araña pequeñita).
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Note added at 2003-01-14 19:44:38 (GMT)
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(from Cambridge International Dictionary of English)
itsy-bitsy
British and American, American and Australian also itty-bitty
adjective [before n] 
HUMOROUS 
extremely small 
The baby had itsy-bitsy little hands and feet.
It\'s the itsy-bitsiest hat I\'ve ever seen.

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Note added at 2003-01-15 21:56:23 (GMT) Post-grading
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Gracias a ti, Carlos ¶:^)

Oso (X)
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Gracias.

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  -> Gracias mil, Patricia ¶:^)

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  -> ¡Hola Carita pequeñita! Mil gracias por tu agrí y tu sonrisa ¶:^))))

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Witsy witsy


Explanation:
For Mexico, in the song version of Itsy Bitsy Spider (went up the water spout......down came the rain.etc., that is the way it is translated.

Witsy witsy araña, subió su telaraña. Vino la lluvia, y se la llevó....etc.

most parents and kids know the song.

hope that helps,

Mónica Negrete
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
La pequeña arañita...


Explanation:
O the Itsy, Bitsy Pider (La pequeña arañita)The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout (subió, subió, subió)(Mueva los dedos como si estuviera subiéndose al bajante del agua)Down came the rain ­ (viene la lluvia)(mueva los dedos como si estuviera lloviendo)and washed the spide out. ­ (y se la llevó)(traiga las manos desde arriba de la cabeza y estírelas hacia adelante)Out came the sun (ya salió el sol)(ponga sus brazos arriba de cabeza y forme un círculo)And dried out all the rain (y todo lo secó)(ponga las manos arriba de la cabeza, separe los dedos y muévalos al mismotiempo que los va bajando)And the itsy bitsy spider went up the sput again. (y la pequeña arañita subió,subió subió).(Mueva los dedos como si estuviera subiéndose al bajante del agua).

Es una conocida canción infantil.

Suerte,
Silvia


    Reference: http://www.earlywords.net/pdf/spanish/spanish-again.pdf
Silvia Sassone (X)
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Native speaker of: Spanish
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agree  Flavio Flavio
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chiquitito/a, chiquititito/a


Explanation:
It was a well-known baby-talk word long before the spider song came along. It comes from a child's attempt to say "little bit."

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Note added at 2003-01-14 20:25:18 (GMT)
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La pelicula Spiderman no resulto ninguna \"araña chiquitita\".

La version que yo siempre he oido y usado es asi:

La araña chiquitita subió, subió, subió.
Vino la lluvia y se la llevó.
Salió el sol y todo resecó,
Y la araña chiquitita otra vez subió.


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Note added at 2003-01-14 20:30:34 (GMT)
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And then of course there was the \"Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini\" song. Since itsy bitsy is so colloquial, I do think it corresponds more to chiquita than to pequeña.

Refugio
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diminuta


Explanation:
another term, meaning literally "tiny" or "minute".

moken
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