queja

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See also: quejá

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

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Adverb

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queja

  1. Alternative spelling of queha, how?

Preposition

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queja

  1. Alternative spelling of queha, like.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkexa/ [ˈke.xa]
  • Rhymes: -exa
  • Syllabification: que‧ja

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from quejarse (to complain). Compare Portuguese queixa.

Noun

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queja f (plural quejas)

  1. complaint, grievance, gripe, grumble
  2. (in the plural) complaining
  3. (colloquial) beef
Usage notes
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  • Queja is rarely used to mean a legal complaint. For the legal term, use denuncia.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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queja

  1. only used in se queja, third-person singular present indicative of quejarse
  2. only used in te ... queja, syntactic variant of quéjate, second-person singular imperative of quejarse

Further reading

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