tigrillo

English

Etymology

From Spanish tigrillo.

Noun

tigrillo (plural tigrillos)

Leopardus tigrinus, the oncilla.

Spanish

Etymology

From tigre (“tiger”) +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

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]

(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)

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

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