conejillo
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koneˈxiʝo/ [ko.neˈxi.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, 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 (Equatorial Guinea, 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)
- diminutive of conejo
- 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025