chirmol

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiɾˈmol/ [t͡ʃiɾˈmol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: chir‧mol

chirmol m (uncountable)

1. (Guatemala) sour sauce consisting mainly of roasted tomatoes, onions and lime juice. It also contains roasted garlic, cilantro, salt, and pepper. Some type of chili pepper might be added to make it spicy, like serrano pepper or jalapeño pepper. The sauce is used to accompany steak. grilled chicken, nachos, etc.

   Synonym: (Mexico) pico de gallo

2. (El Salvador, Honduras) salty and sour sauce consisting most importantly of tomato, onion and cilantro

• chirimol (El Salvador)
• chismol (El Salvador, Honduras)

• “chirmol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014