cojo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoxo/ [ˈko.xo]

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• 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

• a la pata coja

 

Noun

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

1. lame person, lame man

Derived terms

• antes se coge al mentiroso que al cojo
• cae más pronto un hablador que un cojo
• más lento que un desfile de cojos

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cojo

1. first-person singular present indicative of coger

Further reading

• “cojo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10