jovencito

adj.

very young, youngish.

m.

1 young person.

2 young boy, young lad, small boy, lad.

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jovencito, -a

SM / F youngster

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-ta (m) young man; (f) young lady

moda para jovencitas — teenage fashions (for girls)

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= young man [young men, -pl.], laddie.

Ex. To work as a librarian is so terribly respectable that young lady trainees at library school have been known to try to keep their specialism a secret from young men so as not to prejudice their chances of acquiring boyfriends.

Ex. This festival has its origins in the 19th century, when young laddies and lasses had very few places where they could meet, greet and flirt in a socially acceptable manner.

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* no ser ningún jovencito = be no chicken.

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-ta (m) young man; (f) young lady

moda para jovencitas — teenage fashions (for girls)

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= young man [young men, -pl.], laddie.

Ex: To work as a librarian is so terribly respectable that young lady trainees at library school have been known to try to keep their specialism a secret from young men so as not to prejudice their chances of acquiring boyfriends.

Ex: This festival has its origins in the 19th century, when young laddies and lasses had very few places where they could meet, greet and flirt in a socially acceptable manner.

* no ser ningún jovencito = be no chicken.

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jovencito -ta, jovenzuelo -la

masculine, feminine

A (masculine) young man

B (feminine) young lady, young woman

moda para jovencitas teenage fashions (for girls)

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jovencito

◊ -ta (m) young man;

(f) young lady, young woman;

◊ moda para jovencitas teenage fashions (for girls)

'jovencito' also found in these entries:
English:
spring chicken
- youngster

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jovencito, -a nm,f

young man, f young lady