chuquillo

Spanish

Etymology

Likely from chuco (“dirty”) +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈkiʝo/ [t͡ʃuˈki.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃuˈkiʝo/ [t͡ʃuˈki.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /t͡ʃuˈkiʎo/ [t͡ʃuˈki.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃuˈkiʃo/ [t͡ʃuˈki.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃuˈkiʒo/ [t͡ʃuˈki.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: chu‧qui‧llo

Noun

chuquillo m (plural chuquillos)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala) Synonym of shuquía (stench, malodor, especially because of putrefaction)

Further reading

• “chuquillo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010