calleja

See also: Calleja

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *callicula; compare attested Late Latin calliculus. By surface analysis, calle +‎ -eja.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈʝexa/ [kaˈʝe.xa] (most of Spain and Latin America)
IPA^(key): /kaˈʎexa/ [kaˈʎe.xa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
IPA^(key): /kaˈʃexa/ [kaˈʃe.xa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
IPA^(key): /kaˈʒexa/ [kaˈʒe.xa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

Rhymes: -exa
Syllabification: ca‧lle‧ja

Noun

calleja f (plural callejas)

narrow street
- 1885, Leopoldo Alas, chapter 1, in La Regenta, volume 1, published 2006, →ISBN:
  Pero sin pensarlo, daba una intención lúbrica y cínica a su mirada, como meretriz de calleja, […]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Related terms

callejo

Further reading

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