conejillo

Spanish

Etymology

From conejo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koneˈxiʝo/ [ko.neˈxi.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /koneˈxiʝo/ [ko.neˈxi.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /koneˈxiʎo/ [ko.neˈxi.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /koneˈxiʃo/ [ko.neˈxi.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /koneˈxiʒo/ [ko.neˈxi.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo
• Rhymes: -iʎo
• Rhymes: -iʃo
• Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: co‧ne‧ji‧llo

Noun

conejillo m (plural conejillos)

1. diminutive of conejo
2. guinea pig

   Synonyms: conejillo de Indias, cuy

Further reading

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