vinagrillo

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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]

(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)

weak vinegar
whip scorpion (order Thelyphonida)
Synonyms: huiscolote, vinagrón
(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, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 229

Further reading

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

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