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Spanish
Etymology
From olor + -cillo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /oloɾˈθiʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /oloɾˈθiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /oloɾˈsiʝo/
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /oloɾˈsiʝo/
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /oloɾˈsiʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /oloɾˈsiʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /oloɾˈsiʒo/
- Syllabification: o‧lor‧ci‧llo
Noun
olorcillo m (plural olorcillos)
- whiff (faint smell)
2015 October 3, “Alemania en color”, in El País:Todo ello mientras va acariciando las narices de los circunstantes un olorcillo rico de salchicha asada que les va llegando desde un puesto de la calle y los inducirá a mirar de vez en cuando, con disimulo, el reloj.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)