conejo

See also: Conejo and conéjo

Spanish

Conejo común o europeo (common or European rabbit).
Hombre enseñando su conejo (man showing his contracted biceps).

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cuniclus, from Latin cunīculus originally ‘burrow’, of pre-Roman (probably Iberian) origin; compare Basque untxi (“rabbit”), Mozarabic qonélyo (“rabbit”) and Mozarabic qončáyr (“greyhound”). Compare Galician coello, Portuguese coelho and Italian coniglio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈnexo/
  • Rhymes: -exo

Noun

conejo m (plural conejos, feminine coneja, feminine plural conejas)

  1. rabbit (male or unspecified sex)
  2. (Central America) detective
  3. (anatomy) a contracted biceps (having athletic ‎or semi-athletic ‎features, specially when exhibiting, intentionally or not)
  4. (vulgar, slang) cunt (female genitalia)

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Descendants

  • → Cebuano: koneho
  • → Papiamentu: koneu
  • → Tagalog: kuneho
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