cobaya

== Spanish == === Etymology === Ultimately from Old Tupi saûîasobaîa. Compare Portuguese cobaia. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aʝa Syllabification: co‧ba‧ya === Noun === cobaya f or m (plural cobayas) (zoology) guinea pig (animal) Synonyms: cobayo, conejillo de Indias, curí, cuy (cooking) guinea pig meat, eaten in many parts of Latin America (figuratively) guinea pig (person used for experimentation) === Further reading === “cobaya”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025