conejo

See also: Conejo and conéjo

Spanish

(sense 1)

(sense 3)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish conejo, from Latin cuniculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈnexo/ [koˈne.xo]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -exo
• Syllabification: co‧ne‧jo

Noun

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

2. rabbit, cony, coney (male or unspecified sex)

   Synonym: ñeco

   Hypernym: lagomorfo

   Hyponym: gazapo

3. (Central America) detective

   Synonym: detective

5. (Mexico, anatomy) a contracted biceps (having athletic or semi-athletic features, specially when exhibiting, intentionally or not)
6. (vulgar, slang) cunt (female genitalia)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:vagina

Hyponyms

• conejo de los volcanes
• conejo de Omiltemi
• conejo del desierto
• conejo europeo
• conejo matorralero

 

Coordinate terms

• liebre

 

Derived terms

• conejar
• conejero
• conejillo de Indias
• conejito
• conejo de Angora
• conejo pintado
• diente de conejo
• hilo de conejo
• risa de conejo

 

Descendants

• Papiamentu: koneu
• → Asturian: conexu
• → Cebuano: koneho
• → Galician: conexo
• → Quechua: kunu
• → Tagalog: kuneho

Further reading

• “conejo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28