cobija

From Latin cubīlia, plural of cubīle (“bed, place of rest”), when Spanish cubil (“lair”). Ultimately from Latin cubāre (“lie down”) and hence related to English decubitus (“reclining position in bed”), concubine, etc.

• IPA^(key): /koˈbixa/ [koˈβ̞i.xa]
• Rhymes: -ixa
• Syllabification: co‧bi‧ja

cobija f (plural cobijas)

1. (Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela) blanket

   Synonyms: colcha, frazada, (a lighter blanket) manta

• cobijo

cobija

1. inflection of cobijar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “cobija”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014