jaboncillo
Spanish
Etymology
From jabón, from Late Latin sāpō, sāpōnis, from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ, see English soap and German Seife.
Noun
jaboncillo m (plural jaboncillos)
- (Columbia) soapberry
- Synonyms: (Columbia) chambimbe, (Peru) choloque, (Costa Rica) chumico, (Bolivia) isotoubo, (Ecuador) jorupe, (Chile) marikulu, (El Salvador, Nicaragua) pacún, (Venezuela) paraparo
Further reading
- “jaboncillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014