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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin persicaria (“Persicaria maculosa”) from Latin persicus (“Persian”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pexiˈɡeɾa/
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: pe‧ji‧gue‧ra
Noun
pejiguera f (plural pejigueras)
- lady's thumb
- nuisance
2016 May, “Tahúres”, in El Nacional:La pejiguera que en estos territorios había era de tal magnitud que el 23 de mayo de 1608 una Cédula Real de Felipe III consideraba que las multas que se aplicaban a las gentes de Indias no bastaban para impedir el juego.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Adjective
pejiguera f
- feminine singular of pejiguero
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