chirmol

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiɾˈmol/ [t͡ʃiɾˈmol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: chir‧mol

Noun

chirmol m (uncountable)

1. (Guatemala) sour sauce consisting mainly of roasted tomatoes, onions and lime juice, sometimes also containing roasted garlic, cilantro, salt, and pepper and often spicy

   Synonym: (Mexico) pico de gallo

2. (El Salvador, Honduras) salty and sour sauce consisting most importantly of tomato, onion and cilantro

Alternative forms

• chirimol (El Salvador)
• chismol (El Salvador, Honduras)

Further reading

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