tigrillo

English

Etymology

From Spanish tigrillo.

Noun

tigrillo (plural tigrillos)

1. Leopardus tigrinus, the oncilla.

Spanish

Etymology

From tigre (“tiger”) +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tiˈɡɾiʝo/ [t̪iˈɣ̞ɾi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tiˈɡɾiʝo/ [t̪iˈɣ̞ɾi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /tiˈɡɾiʎo/ [t̪iˈɣ̞ɾi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tiˈɡɾiʃo/ [t̪iˈɣ̞ɾi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tiˈɡɾiʒo/ [t̪iˈɣ̞ɾi.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: ti‧gri‧llo

Noun

tigrillo m (plural tigrillos)

1. any small spotted jungle cat, usually referring to the oncilla or the margay

Further reading

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