vinagrillo

Spanish

Etymology

From vinagre (“vinegar”) +‎ -illo (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /binaˈɡɾiʝo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /binaˈɡɾiʝo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /binaˈɡɾiʎo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /binaˈɡɾiʃo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /binaˈɡɾiʒo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: vi‧na‧gri‧llo

Noun

vinagrillo m (plural vinagrillos)

1. weak vinegar
2. whip scorpion (order Thelyphonida)

   Synonyms: huiscolote, vinagrón

3. (Argentina, Chile, Cuba) a herb of the genus Oxalis, which has stems of around 20 centimetres that contain oxalic acid

Derived terms

• tabaco de vinagrillo
• tabaco vinagrillo

 

References

• Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎^[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 229

Further reading

• “vinagrillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014