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English
Noun
zorrillo (plural zorrillos)
- Alternative form of zorillo (“striped skunk”)
Spanish
Etymology
From zorro + -illo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θoˈriʝo/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θoˈriʎo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /soˈriʝo/
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /soˈriʝo/
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /soˈriʎo/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /soˈriʃo/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /soˈriʒo/
- Syllabification: zo‧rri‧llo
Noun
zorrillo m (plural zorrillos, feminine zorrilla, feminine plural zorrillas)
- skunk
- Synonyms: chingue, mofeta, zorrin, mapurite
- (derogatory, colloquial) a bad-smelling person
- (Chile, colloquial) certain truck used in riot control to deliver tear gas
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