queja

See also: quejá

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Adverb

queja

  1. alternative spelling of queha (“how?”)

Preposition

queja

  1. alternative spelling of queha (“like”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

queja f (plural quejas)

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

Etymology 2

Verb

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

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