cerdito

/θeɾˈdito/ · B2 · noun · m

piggy bank

🐷 cerdo = pig + -ito (little) → little pig, the pig-shaped coin saver

Cerdo means pig, and the diminutive -ito makes it little pig. Coin banks have long been shaped like pigs, so cerdito came to mean piggy bank as well as piglet. Sounds like 'sair-DEE-toh'.

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