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noun, masculine

zorrillo

/θoˈriʝo/

noun, masculine/θoˈriʝo/plural: zorrillos

skunk; a bad-smelling person; certain truck used in riot control to deliver tear gas

Synonyms: chingue, mofeta, zorrin, mapurite

Etymology tree Spanish zorro Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old Spanish -iello Spanish -illo Spanish zorrillo From zorro + -illo.