Italian diminutives

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There is a lot of affixes to use when creating diminutive forms in Italian:

Here are some examples (the last letter can vary; a/o/e/i depending on gender and number):

-ino: ragazzo = boy, ragazzino = small boy; pasticcio = pie, pasticcino = tartlet; momento = moment, momentino = a quick moment; rimpiccinirsi = become smaller; rutto = burp, ruttino = children's burp; salata = salt, salatino = salty snack;

-etto: spago = neating thread; spaghetti = spaghetti (the [u]h[/u] to keep the hard pronunciation); -etto: povero = poor, poveretto tu! = poor you!; stanga = bolt, stanghetta = bar-line;

-ello: riga = line (leggere tra le righe = read between the lines), righello = small ruler; sarchio = showel, sarchiello = small showel

-otto: rondine = swallow, rondinotto = swallow nestling;