cojo

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkoxo/ [ˈko.xo]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oxo
  • Syllabification: co‧jo

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

  1. lame, crippled
  2. (figuratively) lame, defective, shaky
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Noun

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

  1. lame person, lame man
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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cojo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of coger

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