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Old 01-06-2009, 09:57 AM
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Default Ņonita.... translation or meaning please

There is one song from Antony Santos called La Ņonita in is Enamorado album


What is the meaning of this word...
someone told me that it's a caressing person!!!
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Old 01-06-2009, 11:53 AM
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There is one song from Antony Santos called La Ņonita in is Enamorado album


What is the meaning of this word...
someone told me that it's a caressing person!!!
help
It must be ņoņita
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Old 01-06-2009, 12:55 PM
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i am not sure if Antony Santos meant to use the word in some other context but the word noŅo or noŅa means spoiled.
i use the term a lot with my little baby since she is noŅa
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Old 01-06-2009, 01:40 PM
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i am not sure if Antony Santos meant to use the word in some other context but the word noŅo or noŅa means spoiled.
i use the term a lot with my little baby since she is noŅa
More like a cry baby
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Old 01-06-2009, 05:43 PM
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More like a cry baby
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more in line with what jalen wrote

spolied or even bratty
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Old 01-06-2009, 07:02 PM
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Sometimes when babies cry or make bembita (pouty face) they will say esta ņoņita.
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Old 01-06-2009, 07:23 PM
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Sometimes when babies cry or make bembita (pouty face) they will say esta ņoņita.

yes, bembita is associated with being bratty and/or spoiled

cry baby is lloron/a
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Old 01-07-2009, 12:59 AM
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i am not sure if Antony Santos meant to use the word in some other context but the word noŅo or noŅa means spoiled.
i use the term a lot with my little baby since she is noŅa
Your little baby is a ņoņa (not a noņa) because usted la ņoņa
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Old 01-07-2009, 08:39 AM
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negative

more in line with what jalen wrote

spolied or even bratty
Maybe it's different here but in Panama it's used for crybaby
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