chimbolo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Pipil tzimpulu (“little fish”).[1]

Noun

chimbolo m (plural chimbolos)

  1. (El Salvador) molly (A fish of the genus Poecilia, particularly sphenops and gracilis.)

References
  1. Tesis estudio del sustrato lingüístico indígena en el español salvadoreño

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