vinagrillo

Spanish

Etymology

From vinagre (“vinegar”) +‎ -illo (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /binaˈɡɾiʝo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /binaˈɡɾiʝo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /binaˈɡɾiʎo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /binaˈɡɾiʃo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /binaˈɡɾiʒo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: vi‧na‧gri‧llo

Noun

vinagrillo m (plural vinagrillos)

1. weak vinegar
2. whip scorpion (order Thelyphonida)

   Synonyms: huiscolote, vinagrón

3. (Argentina, Chile, Cuba) a herb of the genus Oxalis, which has stems of around 20 centimetres that contain oxalic acid

Derived terms

• tabaco de vinagrillo
• tabaco vinagrillo

References

• Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎^[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 229

Further reading

• “vinagrillo”, 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