queixa

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word queixa. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word queixa, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say queixa in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word queixa you have here. The definition of the word queixa will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofqueixa, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

queixa f (plural queixes)

  1. complaint

Galician

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Attested since circa 1300. Deverbal from queixar.

Noun

queixa m (plural queixas)

  1. complaint
    Synonyms: protesta, queixume
    • 1884, O tío Marcos da Portela, volume 2, number 45, page 1:
      na compaña dos meus bos amigos Benito das Vacalouras e Martiño de Zamora, metínme nun deses wagós do camiño de ferro d'Ourense a Vigo, i anque fumos nel como sardiñas en banasta, non tivemos queixa, porque neso da comparanza das sardiñas, nosoutros éramos das cabezudas, i as que levábamos á beira eran das escochadas, frescas e pequerrechiñas e cun sal
      in the company of my good friends Benito das Vacalouras and Martiño from Zamora, I entered one of those wagons of the railroad from Ourense to Vigo and, even if we travelled packed as sardines, we had no complaint, because on that comparison we were as sardines with head, but those next to us were as headless sardines, fresh and small and salted

References

Etymology 2

Verb

queixa

  1. inflection of queixar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: quei‧xa

Etymology 1

Deverbal from queixar (to complain).[1] Compare Spanish queja.

Noun

queixa f (plural queixas)

  1. complaint
  2. grievance
  3. lamentation
    Synonyms: lamúria, lamento
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

queixa

  1. inflection of queixar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ queixa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024