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niño

American  
[nee-nyaw, neen-yoh] / ˈni nyɔ, ˈnin yoʊ /

noun

Spanish.

plural

niños
  1. boy; child.


Niño Scientific  
/ nēnyō /
  1. See El Niño


Example Sentences

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And Mr. Bellocchio is on it: Tortora’s sleep is visited by masked harlequins out of the Commedia dell’arte; one scene, which may or may not be a hallucination, is pure Fellini, clowns and acrobats arriving to cheer him as he watches from his cell window and we hear Nino Rota’s music from “8 1/2.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“His name is Hank, and he’s un niño bueno. Okay, coming over now.”

From Literature

Un día después de cumplir 40 años, McVay entrenó como si ya no fuera el niño prodigio, sino un líder envejecido que se expone a las críticas.

From Los Angeles Times

Sea surface temperatures were slightly lower than in 2023 and 2024, largely because conditions shifted from El Niño to La Niña in the tropical Pacific.

From Science Daily

One such variable is the switch between the weather patterns El Niño and La Niña.

From BBC