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Spanish
Etymology
From Nahuatl ihiotl, ihiyotl (“breath”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /iˈxiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /iˈxiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /iˈxiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /iˈxiʒo/
- Syllabification: i‧ji‧llo
Noun
ijillo m (uncountable)
- (colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) death odor; human cadaveric odor
- Synonym: (Nicaragua) lejillo
- (colloquial, Honduras) An illness or poor health caused by the human cadaveric odor during a wake
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