zorrilho

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Spanish zorro
    Proto-Indo-European *-lós
    Proto-Italic *-elos
    Latin -ulus
    Latin -ellus
    Old Spanish -iello
    Spanish -illo
    Spanish zorrillobor.
    Portuguese zorrilho

    Borrowed from Spanish zorrillo. By surface analysis, zorro +‎ -ilho.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /zoˈʁi.ʎu/ [zoˈhi.ʎu], /zuˈʁi.ʎu/ [zuˈhi.ʎu]
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /zoˈʁi.ʎu/ [zoˈχi.ʎu], /zuˈʁi.ʎu/ [zuˈχi.ʎu]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /zoˈʁi.ʎo/ [zoˈhi.ʎo]

    • Rhymes: -iʎu
    • Hyphenation: zor‧ri‧lho

    Noun

    zorrilho m (plural zorrilhos)

    1. (Rio Grande do Sul) Andes skunk (Conepatus chinga)
      • 2001 March 11, Baitaca, “Do Fundo da Grota” (0:58 from the start), in Meu Rio Grande é Deste Jeito, Caxias do Sul: Gravadora Vozes:
        Na boca da noite / Me aparece um zorrilho / Vem mijar perto de casa / Pra enticar com a cachorrada
        /zuˈʁiʎu/
        At nightfall, a skunk appears, coming to pee near my house and provoke my dogs.

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