cartuja

Spanish

Etymology

From French chartreuse (“Grande Chartreuse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈtuxa/ [kaɾˈt̪u.xa]
  • Rhymes: -uxa
  • Syllabification: car‧tu‧ja

Noun

cartuja f (plural cartujas)

  1. charterhouse (Carthusian monastery)
    • 2015 October 7, “‘Road trip’ por el Priorat”, in El País‎[1]:
      Fundada en el siglo XII, la cartuja prosperó hasta el siglo XVIII, llegando a contar con tres claustros, pero tras la desamortización de 1835 quedó abandonada.
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Noun

cartuja f (plural cartujas)

  1. female equivalent of cartujo

Adjective

cartuja f

  1. feminine singular of cartujo

Further reading

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