English term
Dear little girl
Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother...
Había una vez una niña MUY QUERIDA por todos, aunque solamente la hubiesen visto una vez; pero quien más la quería era su abuela
Creo que ese DEAR es más un intensificador en este contexto...teniendo en cuenta que la versión original del cuento data de hace 2 siglos. Por favor, que sugerencias tendrían ustedes.
muchas gracias
| 4 +8 | una encantadora niñita/niña |
Cecilia Gowar
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| 4 +3 | una adorable niñita/ niña |
Rosario Meriles
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| 4 +2 | una niñita |
Elsa Gómez
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| 3 +1 | una niña más querida |
Stephen Mason
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
I read the Alethiometer
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
una encantadora niñita/niña
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Note added at 37 mins (2015-02-07 21:11:56 GMT)
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Había una vez una niña encantadora, querida por todo aquel que la mirara, pero sobre todo por su abuela
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Charles Davis
: "Érase una vez una niña encantadora...". Yo lo prefiero sin diminutivo, que me suena un poco cursi. Niña ya es little girl.
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Thanks Charles!
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Ana Florencia Fernandez
: A mí el diminutivo no me molesta. "Había una vez una niñita encantadora..." me parece que suena natural.
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¡Gracias AFFlo!
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JohnMcDove
: Bueno, pero es que estos cuentecitos son "cursis", pero de co-- narices! Yo voy con el diminutivo... y cito: "Caperuc-ita" O el chiste del Sargento: "Al siguiente que me diga su nombre en ito, se va a picar piedra: "Morales" "Agap... uto"...)/./Cierto.
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Thanks John! No recuerdo en el caso de Caperucita, pero las versiones originales de muchos cuentos son bastante brutales...
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Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
1 hr
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¡Gracias Beatriz!
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Noni Gilbert Riley
1 hr
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¡Gracias Noni!
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Jennifer Levey
: Con '-ita'
1 hr
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Thanks Robin!
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Phoenix III
: niña
4 hrs
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Thanks Phoenix!
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Susana E. Cano Méndez
14 hrs
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¡Gracias Susana!
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una niñita
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Evelyne Trolley de Prévaux
9 mins
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Gracias, Evelyne
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José Maria Ortega Flores
11 hrs
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Gracias, José María
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United Kingdom
In a prime position.
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 114 more.
una niña más querida
Suerte.
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Jennifer Levey
: If you use 'querida' here, what are you going to do with 'who was *loved* by everyone' in the very next phrase?//So, you're suggesting: "una niña más querida quien era querida por todos" ?!
1 hr
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Querida- in this case is adjective- or rather an intensifier, you can say after the noun possibly-following: quien era querido/ amado por todos. A possible perspective/ translation.
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Juan Jacob
: En todo caso, LA niña más querida. Pero tampoco ahí funciona.
4 hrs
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Romina Latorre
4 hrs
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Argentina
University translator
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Argentine)
Works in: English to Spanish
una adorable niñita/ niña
Saludos
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Jose Marino
7 hrs
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Thank you José. Have a nice week
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Mónica Algazi
7 hrs
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Thanks Mónica. Have a nice week.
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JohnMcDove
: Me inclinaría por «adorable», también, como buena alternativa a «encantadora».
2 days 14 hrs
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Thanks John.
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