Zorrillo

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for February 16, 2009

zorrillo - masculine noun (el) - skunk. Look up zorrillo in the dictionary

Si atropellas un zorrillo con tu auto, apestará.
If you hit a skunk with your car it will smell.

[poli]

They are also known a mapurritos

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by poli

They are also known a mapurritos

So is that a regionalism? Or are both zorrillo and mapurrito used in the whole Spanish-speaking world?

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

So is that a regionalism? Or are both zorrillo and mapurrito used in the whole Spanish-speaking world?

Must be a regionalism. I know the name to be Zorrillo and Mofeta. When I was a kid, I used to read comic books edited in Mexico and sometimes both name would be used.

Hernan

[sosia]

In Spain, it's "mofeta"