Affectionate Nicknames?

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San2

Hi, I can tell you some we use in Madrid, but I believe they are used in Malaga too. Depends of the person who uses them that are more popular than other. I usually call my wife

mi amor - my love
mi vida - my life
vida mia - my life
amor/ amorcito - love or little love
cariÃ±o - affectionate, cariÃ±o mio - my affectionate
guapa - beauty guapo if its a male
cielo/cielito - heaven, little heaven

ther are many more but I find them too exagerated and hence more open to missunderstanding

reina, mi reina - queen, my queen, rey, mi rey if its to a male
corazÃ³n - heart
mi gordita - my chubby, mi gordito even if she/he is not
gordi - chubby

And many more

Hope it helps
Santiago

PS: Most of the above are used the same for both man and women yet thanks to lain S anyway for reminding me that you might be a women, however his statement, about what I guess must be "prometidos/as" , is a pure clichÃ© and not true that women in Spain do not use these with their beloved ones, other men, family and woman too. This cliche, is so old and untrue....just name more countries where the woman maintains here last name after marriage...and for information sake... the term seÃ±ora de- is a Galicism imported frim france during Bourbon era, and is used in general only by cursis - pretentious or horteras - tacky people or very stiff and protocolary events. About the latin lovers, well, maybe Lain can indulge us all informing us of what he means.

Joan el guiri

Spanish.

Sorry but poor old Santiago has forgotten that you are a girl.

If you are addressing a boy, the words end in an 'o'.

Try

Querido = dear / darling. (Ke-reedo)

Corazon = Heart. (Mi corazon) (accent on second 0) ( kora-thon)

Guapo = handsome. Que guapo = Hi handsome!/ how handsome! (pron waaap-oh)

Amor = love, as in 'mi amor'.(ah-mor)

In Malaga, they used to go in for 'pirropos', outrageous compliments. This is always a good chat up topic with Malagueno/as.

Women from Malaga do not usually use such words unless they are 'promoitidos' or partners.
The men ......well Latin lovers.

Alteri

Hi!!
I totally agree with Santiago, and will only add some terms, but remember that not everybody use or like all of them:
- cari: (abreviation of cariÃ±o), is a little cursi, but depending on the situation can be funny too.
- Chiqui: little

Both can be use on men or women.

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