tigrecillo

Spanish

Etymology

From tigre +‎ -cillo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tiɡɾeˈθiʝo/ [t̪i.ɣ̞ɾeˈθi.ʝo] (most of Spain)
IPA^(key): /tiɡɾeˈθiʎo/ [t̪i.ɣ̞ɾeˈθi.ʎo] (rural northern Spain)

IPA^(key): /tiɡɾeˈsiʝo/ [t̪i.ɣ̞ɾeˈsi.ʝo] (most of Latin America)
IPA^(key): /tiɡɾeˈsiʎo/ [t̪i.ɣ̞ɾeˈsi.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

IPA^(key): /tiɡɾeˈsiʃo/ [t̪i.ɣ̞ɾeˈsi.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /tiɡɾeˈsiʒo/ [t̪i.ɣ̞ɾeˈsi.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

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: ti‧gre‧ci‧llo

Noun

tigrecillo m (plural tigrecillos)

(Bolivia, Mexico) ocelot

Further reading

“tigrecillo”, 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