| Diminutive | replaces the final vowel with -ito or -illo | casa → casita / pájaro → pajarillo | little house / little bird |
| -cito, -ecito | -cito after -e, -n, -r; -ecito after a monosyllable | joven → jovencito / pan → panecito | young lad / bread roll |
| Spelling | c → qu / g → gu / z → c | poco → poquito / amigo → amiguito / lápiz → lapicito | a tiny bit / little friend / little pencil |
| Augmentative | -ón, -ote and -azo replace the final vowel | grande → grandote / golpe → golpazo | hefty / heavy blow |
| Agreement | an adjective with a suffix agrees with its noun; adjectives in -a do not change | una chica grandona / una mujer hipócrita | a big girl / a hypocritical woman |
| Meanings | size, affection, softening and contempt | Espera un momentito. / Mi abuelito cocina muy bien. | Wait just a moment. / My granddad cooks very well. |
| C1Intensifying | the diminutive strengthens the adjective and the adverb | No te imaginas lo contentita que se puso. | You can’t imagine how happy she became. |
| C1Adverbs and gerunds | -ito also applies to adverbs, gerunds and proper names | ahora → ahorita / callando → callandito | right now / quietly |
| C1Contemptuous forms | -ucho, -ajo and -ote give a contemptuous sense | una casucha / un latinajo | a shack / a scrap of Latin |
| Trap | sillón is masculine although it comes from silla | Me siento en el sillón de la sala. | I sit down in the armchair in the living room. |
| C1Trap | c becomes qu in adverbs too | Vivo cerquita de aquí. | I live very close to here. |