chuquillo

Spanish

Etymology

Likely from chuco (“dirty”) +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈkiʝo/ [t͡ʃuˈki.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈkiʎo/ [t͡ʃuˈki.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈkiʃo/ [t͡ʃuˈki.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈkiʒo/ [t͡ʃuˈki.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -iʝo (Equatorial Guinea, 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: chu‧qui‧llo

Noun

chuquillo m (plural chuquillos)

(colloquial, El Salvador, Guatemala) synonym of shuquía (stench, malodor, especially because of putrefaction)

Further reading

“chuquillo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010