navaja

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *navācla, from Latin novācula (“razor”), from Proto-Italic *(ks)nowātlā. Compare Portuguese navalha, Galician navalla.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /naˈbaxa/ [naˈβ̞a.xa]
    • Rhymes: -axa
  • IPA(key): /naˈbaʃa/ [naˈβ̞a.ʃa] (Early Modern Spanish)
    • Rhymes: -aʃa
  • Syllabification: na‧va‧ja

Noun

navaja f (plural navajas)

  1. razor
  2. pocketknife, penknife, jackknife
    • 2021 April 26, Paula Chouza, Patricia Ortega Dolz, “La ministra Reyes Maroto recibe una carta con una navaja aparentemente ensangrentada”, in El País‎[1], retrieved 26 April 2021:
      El Ministerio de Industria ha recibido una carta dirigida a su titular, Reyes Maroto, con una navaja aparentemente ensangrentada, según ha confirmado este lunes el Ministerio del Interior.
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  3. razor shell, razor clam (edible clam of genus Ensis)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: labaha, nabasa, labasa

Noun

navaja f (plural navajas)

  1. female equivalent of navajo

Adjective

navaja f

  1. feminine singular of navajo

Further reading

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