mínimo
/ˈminimo/ · B1 · adj
least
🐜 mínimo = minimum, from Latin minimus (least), the root of minor and minus
Latin minimus was the superlative of parvus (small): small, smaller, smallest. English took it as minimum, and Spanish kept it as mínimo, stressed on the first syllable: MÍ-ni-mo. Related words: menos (less) and menor (smaller, younger).