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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Cognate with Occitan goja (“waitress”) (originally "young woman, maid"), perhaps from Hebrew גויה (goyá, “gentile woman”).
Noun
goja f (plural goges) (folklore)
- fairy
- water nymph
- Synonyms: aloja, dona d'aigua, encantada, patida
- Hypernym: nimfa
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
goja
- inflection of gojar (“to bewitch”):
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 3
Verb
goja
- inflection of gojar (“to enjoy; to benefit from”):
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
French
Noun
goja f (plural gojas)
- (religion, obsolete) Christian woman
Occitan
Pronunciation
Noun
goja f (plural gojas)
- waitress
References
Swedish
Etymology
From papegoja.
Noun
goja c
- (colloquial) a parrot (bird)
- Synonym: papegoja
- (colloquial) gobbledygook, nonsense
Han snackar bara en massa goja- He just speaks a bunch of gobbledygook
Vad snackar du för goja?- What gobbledygook are you spewing?
Vilken goja...- What nonsense...
Declension
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