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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Adverb
queja
- Alternative spelling of queha, how?
Preposition
queja
- Alternative spelling of queha, like.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkexa/
- Rhymes: -exa
- Syllabification: que‧ja
Etymology 1
Deverbal from quejarse (“to complain”). Compare Portuguese queixa.
Noun
queja f (plural quejas)
- complaint, grievance, gripe, grumble
- (in the plural) complaining
Usage notes
- Queja is rarely used to mean a legal complaint. For the legal term, use denuncia.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
queja
- only used in se queja, third-person singular present indicative of quejarse
- only used in te ... queja, syntactic variant of quéjate, second-person singular imperative of quejarse
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