# anaconda
## English

Wikispecies

### Etymology

From New Latin anacandaia (“python”) [originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, “whip snake”), from හෙන (hena, “lightning, thunderbolt”) + කඳ (kaⁿda, “stem, trunk, body”) or from Tamil ஆனைக்கொன்றான் (āṉaikkoṉṟāṉ, “having killed an elephant”), from ஆனை (āṉai, “elephant”) + கொன்றான் (koṉṟāṉ, “having killed”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)
* IPA: /ˌænəˈkɒndə/

### Noun

anaconda (countable and uncountable, plural anacondas)
* (countable) Any large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. [from 19th c.]
* (countable, in particular) The green anaconda, Eunectes murinus.
* (countable, slang, vulgar, by extension) A large penis.
** 1992, Sir Mix-a-Lot, "Baby Got Back", Mack Daddy:
    My anaconda don't want none / Unless you got buns, hon
** 2000, Eric Jerome Dickey, Liar's Game‎, Signet, published 2002, →ISBN:Womack went into the bedroom and checked on his two boys. When I headed to the bathroom to drain my anaconda, I caught a profile of him standing in the doorway, smiling down on the little rascals.
** 2006, Christopher Darrick Odom, Visa Versa: Black Men Suffer in the Dating Game Too!‎, iUniverse, →ISBN, page xi:I have chased after white women to find they only wanted to dance with my anaconda and weren't interested in me as a partner.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:anaconda.
* (uncountable) A pattern morph in hognose snakes that results in fewer but larger spots and often a completely black belly.
    Synonym: conda
** (countable) A hognose snake that has this morph.

#### Synonyms

* (penis): see also Thesaurus:macropenis.

#### Derived terms

* anaconda mortgage

#### Translations
### Proper noun

anaconda
* (card games) A particular variety of stud poker.

#### Synonyms

* (card game): pass the trash

### References

* “anaconda”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “anaconda”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “anaconda” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.

### Further reading

* Richard Boyle (2008 July 27) ““The Anaconda of Ceylon”: Derivations and the myths”, in The Sunday Times, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Wijeya Newspapers Ltd., retrieved 18 July 2018, Sunday Times Plus

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.nəˈkon.də]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.naˈkon.da]

### Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondes)
* anaconda

### Further reading

* “anaconda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “anaconda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “anaconda” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌaː.naːˈkɔn.daː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ana‧con‧da

### Noun

anaconda f or m (plural anaconda's)
* anaconda, constrictor of the genus Eunectes

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.na.kɔ̃.da/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

anaconda m (plural anacondas)
* anaconda

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.naˈkon.da/
* Rhymes: -onda
* Hyphenation: a‧na‧cón‧da

### Noun

anaconda f (plural anaconde)
* (snake) anaconda

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.naˈkõ.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.naˈkõ.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.naˈkõ.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.nɐˈkõ.dɐ/
* Hyphenation: a‧na‧con‧da

### Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondas)
* Synonym of sucuri

### Further reading

* “anaconda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French anaconda.

### Noun

anaconda f (plural anaconde)
* anaconda

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /anaˈkonda/ [a.naˈkõn̪.d̪a]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -onda
* Syllabification: a‧na‧con‧da

### Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondas)
* anaconda
* (by extension, slang, vulgar) a large penis

### Further reading

* “anaconda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10