cojo

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoxo/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oxo
  • Syllabification: co‧jo

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin coxus, perhaps from coxa (“hip”). Compare Portuguese coxo, Catalan coix.

Adjective

cojo (feminine coja, masculine plural cojos, feminine plural cojas)

  1. lame, crippled
  2. (figuratively) lame, defective, shaky
Derived terms

Noun

cojo m (plural cojos, feminine coja, feminine plural cojas)

  1. lame person, lame man
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cojo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of coger

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