conejo
nounBeginnerHigh frequency
What does “conejo” mean in English?
rabbit
Example sentences
El conejo come zanahorias.
The rabbit eats carrots.
Tengo dos conejos blancos.
I have two white rabbits.
Comemos conejo al horno.
We eat roast rabbit.
How to use it
Conejo means 'rabbit' (masculine). Feminine coneja. Plural conejos / conejas. Also a meat in Spanish cuisine.
Common mistake
Like cerdo, conejo serves as both the animal and the meat. Spanish doesn't split the words the way English splits 'rabbit' / no separate meat-word.
Topics
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Reference
This entry’s teaching guidance follows A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish (Butt, Benjamin & Moreira Rodríguez, Routledge), 1.