queja
See also: quejá
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Spanish
Etymology
Back-formation from quejar (“to complain”). Compare Portuguese queixa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkexa/ [ˈke.xa]
- Rhymes: -exa
- Syllabification: que‧ja
Noun
queja f (plural quejas)
Usage notes
Queja is rarely used to mean a legal complaint. For the legal term, use denuncia.
Derived terms
Verb
queja
Further reading
- “queja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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