# Italian speakers: What does "zampotti" mean in English?

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**Created:** [June 19, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-speakers-what-does-zampotti-mean-in-english/408613 "2007-06-19T18:12:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 23, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italian-speakers-what-does-zampotti-mean-in-english/408613/21 "2007-06-23T04:59:37Z")

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The -otto suffix actually has connotations of fatness or chubbiness, so the translation would be more like “Mr. Chubbypaws”

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> **[Sorellina and suffixes -ino, -etto, -one and -otto](https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/sorellina-and-suffixes-ino-etto-one-and-otto.71573/)**
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> In my Italian self-study course, I have just learned about the suffix -ino and -etto to indicate smallness, and -one and -otto to indicate largeness.
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> The material I am using does not say whether the suffixes are interchangeable.  
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> For instance, can...

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