zorrillo

English

Noun

zorrillo (plural zorrillos)

  1. Alternative form of zorillo (“striped skunk”).

Spanish

Etymology

    From zorro +‎ -illo.

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): /θoˈriʝo/ [θoˈri.ʝo] (most of Spain)
    • IPA(key): /θoˈriʎo/ [θoˈri.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)
     
     
    • IPA(key): /soˈriʃo/ [soˈri.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
    • IPA(key): /soˈriʒo/ [soˈri.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

     

    • Syllabification: zo‧rri‧llo

    Noun

    zorrillo m (plural zorrillos, feminine zorrilla, feminine plural zorrillas)

    1. skunk
      Synonyms: chingue, mofeta, zorrin, mapurite
    2. (derogatory, colloquial) a bad-smelling person
    3. (Chile, colloquial) certain truck used in riot control to deliver tear gas

    Descendants

    • → Brazilian Portuguese: zorrilho

    Further reading

    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.