vinagrillo
Spanish
Etymology
From vinagre (“vinegar”) + -illo (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /binaˈɡɾiʝo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /binaˈɡɾiʎo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /binaˈɡɾiʃo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /binaˈɡɾiʒo/ [bi.naˈɣ̞ɾi.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: vi‧na‧gri‧llo
Noun
vinagrillo m (plural vinagrillos)
- weak vinegar
- whip scorpion (order Thelyphonida)
- Synonyms: huiscolote, vinagrón
- (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Rioplatense) 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[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 229
Further reading
- “vinagrillo”, 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