canijo
Spanish
Etymology
Probably from Latin canicula (through a contracted Vulgar Latin form *canicla, later becoming an adjective of both genders). Doublet of canícula.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈnixo/ [kaˈni.xo]
- Rhymes: -ixo
- Syllabification: ca‧ni‧jo
Adjective
canijo (feminine canija, masculine plural canijos, feminine plural canijas)
- (colloquial) short; stumpy
- 1875, Benito Pérez Galdós, Un faccioso más y algunos frailes menos:
- le cogía por la muñeca, a él, el pobre anciano flaco y canijo
- He grabbed him by his wrist, the poor old weak short man
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- (colloquial) weedy; wussy
Derived terms
- encanijar
Noun
canijo m (plural canijos, feminine canija, feminine plural canijas)
- (colloquial) kid; whippersnapper
- Synonyms: joven, chamaco
- (colloquial) shorty
- (colloquial) weed; wuss; pussy
- (Mexico, colloquial) badass
Derived terms
- cani
Further reading
- “canijo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014