Stasia wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 11:06 pmExplorer wrote: ↑Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:19 amIn Castilian Spanish, diminutives do not necessarily refer to the size of things. They can also be used to express that you really like to do something.
For example in this sentence: me tomaría una cervecita. Here I'm not saying that I want a small beer. I'm saying that I really like beer, and would probably have a good pint!
That's interesting, because when I went to Spain with my very Bolivian way of speaking, I was perceived as "childish" for "abusing" the diminutives. Hence, I assumed that this use of diminutives was resticted to the Andes.
Well, in the ears of Castilian speakers, some American varieties do seem to "overuse" diminutives. Words like ahorita, ahoritita, tantito, etc. are not common in Spain.