tigrillo
Spanish, noun/tiˈɡɾiʝo/
tigrillo is spelled T-I-G-R-I-L-L-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 113,469th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tigrillo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “any small spotted jungle cat, usually referring to the oncilla or the margay” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Especie de mamífero carnívoro de la familia Felidae ampliamente distribuido por América”.
What does tigrillo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany small spotted jungle cat, usually referring to the oncilla or the margay
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Especie de mamífero carnívoro de la familia Felidae ampliamente distribuido por América. 2. Plato que consiste en un revuelto de plátano verde o maduro, cocido en agua, que se lo coloca en procesador para que obtenga una textura suave y esponjosa, se añade queso zarumeño (es el toque especial), huevo, cebolla colorada, originariamente en Zaruma.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tigrillo
- tigrillos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tigrillo?
- /tiˈɡɾiʝo/
- [t̪iˈɣ̞ɾi.ʝo]
- [t̪iˈɣ̞ɾiʝo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tigrillo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tigrillo in Spanish?
tigrillo appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).