ijillo

Spanish

Etymology

From Nahuatl ihiotl, ihiyotl (“breath”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iˈxiʝo/ [iˈxi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /iˈxiʝo/ [iˈxi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /iˈxiʎo/ [iˈxi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /iˈxiʃo/ [iˈxi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /iˈxiʒo/ [iˈxi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: i‧ji‧llo

Noun

ijillo m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) death odor; human cadaveric odor

   Synonym: (Nicaragua) lejillo

2. (colloquial, Honduras) An illness or poor health caused by the human cadaveric odor during a wake

Further reading

• “ijillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “ijillo” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010