cachorrillo

Spanish

Etymology

From cachorro +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃoˈriʝo/ [ka.t͡ʃoˈri.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃoˈriʝo/ [ka.t͡ʃoˈri.ʝo] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃoˈriʎo/ [ka.t͡ʃoˈri.ʎo] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃoˈriʃo/ [ka.t͡ʃoˈri.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃoˈriʒo/ [ka.t͡ʃoˈri.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (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: ca‧cho‧rri‧llo

Noun

cachorrillo m (plural cachorrillos)

1. diminutive of cachorro; small cub
2. small pistol

Further reading

• “cachorrillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024