coy
Spanish, noun/ˈkoi/
coy is spelled C-O-Y (3 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 66,744th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coy is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a type of hammock made of sailcloth used as a makeshift bunk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pedazo de lona que, colgado de sus cuatro puntas, sirve de cama al marinero o a cualquiera otra persona que…”.
What does coy mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea type of hammock made of sailcloth used as a makeshift bunk
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pedazo de lona que, colgado de sus cuatro puntas, sirve de cama al marinero o a cualquiera otra persona que no tiene camarote ni litera en la nave.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of coy
- coyes plural
- cois plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coy?
- /ˈkoi/
- [ˈkoi̯]
- [ˈkoj]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coy in Spanish?
coy appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).