zorrillo

English

Noun

zorrillo (plural zorrillos)

1. Alternative form of zorillo (“striped skunk”).

Spanish

Etymology

From zorro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θoˈriʝo/ [θoˈri.ʝo] (Spain)

• IPA^(key): /θoˈriʝo/ [θoˈri.ʝo] (most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /θoˈriʎo/ [θoˈri.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /soˈriʝo/ [soˈri.ʝo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /soˈriʝo/ [soˈri.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /soˈriʎo/ [soˈri.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /soˈriʃo/ [soˈri.ʃo] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /soˈriʃo/ [soˈri.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /soˈriʒo/ [soˈri.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

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

• Syllabification: zo‧rri‧llo

Noun

zorrillo m (plural zorrillos, feminine zorrilla, feminine plural zorrillas)

1. skunk

   Synonyms: chingue, mofeta, zorrin, mapurite

2. (derogatory, colloquial) a bad-smelling person
3. (Chile, colloquial) certain truck used in riot control to deliver tear gas

Related terms

• zorrilla (“polecat”)

Descendants

• → Brazilian Portuguese: zorrilho

Further reading

• “zorrillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025