anaconda

See also: Anaconda

English

Etymology

From New Latin anacandaia (“python”), originally referring to a species of constrictor found in Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese හෙනකඳයා (henakaⁿdayā, “whip snake”), from හෙණ (heṇa, “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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈkɒndə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈkɑndə/

  • Audio (US):

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    • (/æ/ raising) IPA^(key): /ˌɛə̯nəˈkɑndə/, /ˌeə̯nəˈkɑndə/
• Hyphenation: an‧a‧con‧da

Noun

A green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)

anaconda (countable and uncountable, plural anacondas)

1. (countable) Any large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes, found mainly in northern South America. [from 19th c.]
   1. (countable, in particular) The green anaconda, Eunectes murinus.
2. (countable, slang, 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^[3], 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!‎^[4], 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.
3. (uncountable) A pattern morph of hognose snake that results in fewer but larger spots and often a completely black belly.
   1. (countable) A hognose snake of this morph.
4. (countable, music) A contrabass serpent, a kind of musical instrument.

Usage notes

• The pattern morph of hognose snake is usually shortened to conda to avoid confusion with the members of the genus Eunectes.

Synonyms

• (penis): see also Thesaurus:macropenis.

Derived terms

• anaconda mortgage
• yellow anaconda

Translations

any of various large nonvenomous snake of the genus Eunectes

• Arabic: أَنَاكُنْدَة f (ʔanakonda)
• Asturian: anaconda (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: anakonda
• Belarusian: анако́нда f (anakónda)
• Borôro: jure
• Bulgarian: анако́нда (bg) f (anakónda)
• Catalan: anaconda (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大水蟒 (dàshuǐmǎng), 森蚺 (zh) (sēnrán)

• Czech: anakonda (cs) f
• Danish: anakonda c
• Dutch: anaconda (nl) f or m
• Esperanto: anakondo
• Finnish: anakonda (fi)
• French: anaconda (fr) m
• German: Anakonda (de) f
• Greek: ανακόντα (el) f (anakónta)
• Ido: anakondo (io)
• Irish: anacanda m
• Italian: anaconda (it) f
• Japanese: アナコンダ (ja) (anakonda)
• Korean: 아나콘다 (ko) (anakonda)
• Marathi: आणणे and कोंडणे f (āṇṇe and koṇḍṇe)
• Persian: آناکوندا (ânâkondâ)
• Polish: anakonda (pl) f
• Portuguese: sucuri (pt) f, anaconda (pt) f
• Quechua: yakumama (literally “mother of the water”)
• Romanian: anaconda (ro) f
• Russian: анако́нда (ru) f (anakónda)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: анаконда f

  Latin: anakonda (sh) f

• Spanish: anaconda (es), yacumama f (Peru)
• Sranan Tongo: aboma
• Swedish: anakonda (sv) c
• Tagalog: anakonda
• Tamil: ஆனைக்கொன்றான் (ta) (āṉaikkoṉṟāṉ)
• Thai: อนาคอนดา (à-naa-kɔn-dâa)
• Turkish: anakonda (tr)
• Ukrainian: анако́нда f (anakónda)
• Welsh: neidr (cy) f

Noun

anaconda (uncountable)

1. (card games) A particular variety of stud poker.

Synonyms

• (card game): pass the trash

References

• “anaconda”, in Merriam-Webster Online, Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1996–present.
• “anaconda”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “anaconda”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026.

Further reading

• Richard Boyle (27 July 2008), ““The Anaconda of Ceylon”: Derivations and the myths”, in The Sunday Times‎^[5], Colombo, Sri Lanka: Wijeya Newspapers Ltd., archived from the original on 16 April 2025, Sunday Times Plus

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ə.nəˈkun.də]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ə.nəˈkon.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [a.naˈkon.da]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondes)

1. anaconda

Further reading

• “anaconda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “anaconda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “anaconda” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.naːˈkɔn.daː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ana‧con‧da

Noun

anaconda f or m (plural anaconda's, no diminutive)

1. anaconda, constrictor of the genus Eunectes

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na.kɔ̃.da/

• Audio:

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Noun

anaconda m (plural anacondas)

1. anaconda

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈkɔn.da/
  • Rhymes: -ɔnda
  • Hyphenation: a‧na‧còn‧da
• IPA^(key): /a.naˈkon.da/
  • Rhymes: -onda
  • Hyphenation: a‧na‧cón‧da

Noun

anaconda m or (proscribed) f (usually invariable, plural (proscribed) anaconde f)

1. (snake) anaconda

Usage notes

• Treccani proscribes the feminine form, however it is often used.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naˈkõ.dɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nɐˈkõ.dɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧na‧con‧da

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondas)

1. synonym of sucuri

Further reading

• “anaconda”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “anaconda”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French anaconda.

Noun

anaconda f (plural anaconde)

1. anaconda

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	anaconda	anacondaua	anaconde	anacondele
genitive-dative	anaconde	anacondei	anaconde	anacondelor
vocative	—		—

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English anaconda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anaˈkonda/ [a.naˈkõn̪.d̪a]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -onda
• Syllabification: a‧na‧con‧da

Noun

anaconda f (plural anacondas)

1. anaconda
2. (by extension, colloquial, slang, vulgar) a large penis

Further reading

• “anaconda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026