zorrillo

English

Noun

zorrillo (plural zorrillos)

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

Spanish

Etymology

From zorro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θoˈriʝo/ [θoˈri.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θoˈriʝo/ [θoˈri.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θoˈriʎo/ [θoˈri.ʎo]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /soˈriʝo/ [soˈri.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /soˈriʝo/ [soˈri.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /soˈriʎo/ [soˈri.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /soˈriʃo/ [soˈri.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /soˈriʒo/ [soˈri.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• 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

Related terms

• zorrilla (“polecat”)

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: zorrilho

Further reading

• “zorrillo”, 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