conejillo de Indias

Spanish

Noun

conejillo de Indias m (plural conejillos de Indias)

1. guinea pig (animal)

   Synonyms: cobayo, cobaya, cuí, cuye, cuy, cuyo, cuyé

2. guinea pig (volunteer for an experiment)

Further reading

• “conejillo de Indias”, 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