conejillo

Spanish

Etymology

From conejo +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• Rhymes: -iʝo (most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎo (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024