How do you say Cute in Spanish?
Which word you want depends on where you are: lindo across Latin America, mono in Spain. Both mean “cute”.
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Lindo / Linda
LEEN-doh / LEEN-dah
Latin America — cute, lovely.
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Mono / Mona
MOH-noh / MOH-nah
Spain — cute. (The same word means “monkey” as a noun.)
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Bonito / Bonita
boh-NEE-toh
Pretty, nice-looking — works everywhere.
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Tierno / Tierna
TYEHR-noh
Sweet, tender — for babies, puppies and kind gestures.
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¡Qué lindo! / ¡Qué mono!
keh LEEN-doh
“How cute!”
2 translations in Spanish
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Asked my girlfriend who knows Spanish. It's pronounced - Lindo.
Human translation joseph
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English: "Cute is everywhere if you get the time to glance." Translated: Lindo está en todas partes si tiene el tiempo para echar un vistazo.
Human translation David Duran
Use it in a sentence
- Your dog is so cute!¡Tu perro es muy lindo!
- What a cute baby!¡Qué bebé tan tierno!
- That dress is cute. (Spain)Ese vestido es muy mono.
- She’s cute.Ella es linda.
Good to know
The ending agrees with the thing described, not with you: un perro lindo, una casa linda.
More local flavour: chulo in Spain, cuchi or tierno in parts of Latin America.
Adding -ito makes almost anything sound cuter: perrito (little dog), casita (little house).