coqueto
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French coquette, from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (masculine diminutive suffix); meaning "little cockerel".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈketo/ [koˈke.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: co‧que‧to
Adjective
coqueto (feminine coqueta, masculine plural coquetos, feminine plural coquetas)
Noun
coqueto m (plural coquetos, feminine coqueta, feminine plural coquetas)
- flirt (person who flirts)
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “coqueto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024