agrillo

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Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aˈɡɾiʝo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /aˈɡɾiʎo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aˈɡɾiʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aˈɡɾiʒo/

 

  • Syllabification: a‧gri‧llo

Adjective

agrillo (feminine agrilla, masculine plural agrillos, feminine plural agrillas)

  1. sourish
    • 1864, Pedro Felipe Monlau, Elementos de higiene privada o Arte de conservar la salud del individuo, page 240:
      Los vinos naturalmente ácidos ó agrillos, como el chacoli y otros, son picantes, y muchas veces producen cólicos, particularmente a las personas que no están acostumbradas á su uso.
      Naturally acidic or sourish wines, such as txakoli and others, are pungent, and oftentimes cause colic, especially in people unaccustomed to using them.

Noun

agrillo m (plural agrillos)

  1. wood sorrel
  2. barberry
  3. desert sumac
    • 2015 December 1, Victor Manuel Jimenez Gonzalez, Chihuahua, Guía de viaje del Estado: Barrancas del Cobre - Tren Chihuahua al Pacífico - Ciudad Juárez, todo el Estado de Chihuahua, Solaris Comunicación, page 16:
      Seres como los arbustos agrillos, de los cuales viene el nombre de Samalayuca, se cubren de arena entre dejando ver a otros habitantes, con su presencia, la cercanía de humedad.
      Lifeforms like desert sumacs, whence comes the name Samalayuca, are covered in sand, letting the other inhabitants see, with their presence, the presence of moisture.
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