"The cute little hottie" is one English equivalent of the Spanish phrase la majilla.
Specifically, the feminine singular definite article lameans "the." The feminine noun majilla represents the addition of the diminutive suffix -illa to the feminine adjective majo ("nice, pleasant"). The pronunciation will be "lah mah-KHEE-ya" in textbook* Spanish.
*Regional variants include "mah-KHEE-sha" in Uruguay and "mah-KHEE-zha" in Argentina.
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