cohombrillo amargo
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koomˌbɾiʝo aˈmaɾɡo/ [ko.õmˌbɾi.ʝo aˈmaɾ.ɣ̞o] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /koomˌbɾiʎo aˈmaɾɡo/ [ko.õmˌbɾi.ʎo aˈmaɾ.ɣ̞o] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /koomˌbɾiʃo aˈmaɾɡo/ [ko.õmˌbɾi.ʃo aˈmaɾ.ɣ̞o] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /koomˌbɾiʒo aˈmaɾɡo/ [ko.õmˌbɾi.ʒo aˈmaɾ.ɣ̞o] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Syllabification: co‧hom‧bri‧llo a‧mar‧go
Noun
cohombrillo amargo m (plural cohombrillos amargos)
- squirting cucumber
- Synonyms: pepinillo del diablo, elaterio
Further reading
- “cohombrillo amargo”, 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