guedeja
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin viticŭla, likely influenced by a Germanic word. Compare vedeja and vedija.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡeˈdexa/ [ɡeˈð̞e.xa]
- Rhymes: -exa
- Syllabification: gue‧de‧ja
Noun
guedeja f (plural guedejas)
- lock (long hair)
- 2015 September 25, “10 escapadas de puro otoño”, in El País[1]:
- Hay que ver el salto cuando arrecian las lluvias de otoño, con bastante agua, blanco y larguísimo cual guedeja de oveja latxa, entre los ocres, rojos y dorados de los bosques circundantes.
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Further reading
- “guedeja”, 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