jaboncillo

Spanish

Etymology

From jabón +‎ -cillo.

Noun

jaboncillo m (plural jaboncillos)

1. (Columbia) soapberry

   Synonyms: (Columbia) chambimbe, (Peru) choloque, (Costa Rica) chumico, (Bolivia) isotoubo, (Ecuador) jorupe, (Chile) marikulu, (El Salvador, Nicaragua) pacún, (Venezuela) paraparo

Further reading

• “jaboncillo”, 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