ijillo
التعريفات والمعاني
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Nahuatl ihiotl, ihiyotl (“breath”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Syllabification: i‧ji‧llo
=== Noun ===
ijillo m (uncountable)
(colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras) death odor; human cadaveric odor
Synonym: (Nicaragua) lejillo
(colloquial, Honduras) An illness or poor health caused by the human cadaveric odor during a wake (deathwatch)
=== Further reading ===
“ijillo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
“ijillo”, 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