tigrillo

English

Etymology

From Spanish tigrillo.

Noun

tigrillo (plural tigrillos)

Leopardus tigrinus, the oncilla.

Anagrams

Grilliot

Spanish

Etymology

From tigre (“tiger”) +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiˈɡɾiʝo/ [t̪iˈɣ̞ɾi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /tiˈɡɾiʎo/ [t̪iˈɣ̞ɾi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /tiˈɡɾiʃo/ [t̪iˈɣ̞ɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /tiˈɡɾiʒo/ [t̪iˈɣ̞ɾi.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: 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025