navaja

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Spanish

Pequeña navaja-llavero

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/
  • Rhymes: -axa
  • 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, retrieved 2021-04-26:
      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

Noun

navaja f (plural navajas)

  1. female equivalent of navajo

Adjective

navaja f

  1. feminine singular of navajo

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