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

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