cobaya
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Likely from Old Tupi çabuia, sabuia with loss of the initial cedilla. Compare Portuguese cobaia.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aʝa
- Syllabification: co‧ba‧ya
Noun edit
cobaya f or m (plural cobayas)
- (zoology) guinea pig (animal)
- Synonyms: cobayo, conejillo de Indias, curí, cuy
- (cooking) guinea pig meat, eaten in many parts of Latin America
- (figuratively) guinea pig (person used for experimentation)
Further reading edit
- “cobaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014