"nejo" meaning in Spanish

See nejo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈnexo/, [ˈne.xo] Forms: neja [feminine], nejos [masculine, plural], nejas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -exo Etymology: Borrowed from Nahuatl nextli. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|nah|nextli}} Borrowed from Nahuatl nextli Head templates: {{es-adj}} nejo (feminine neja, masculine plural nejos, feminine plural nejas)
  1. (Mexico) dirty, stained Tags: Mexico Synonyms: sucio, manchado, mugriento, desaseado, puerco

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "nah",
        "3": "nextli"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Nahuatl nextli",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Nahuatl nextli.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "neja",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nejos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nejas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nejo (feminine neja, masculine plural nejos, feminine plural nejas)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ne‧jo"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mexican Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I never cared if the paint in my bedroom was white, mottled or dirty.",
          "ref": "2017, Sofía Segovia, El Murmullo de las Abejas, 1st edition, Mexico City, Mexico: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, →ISBN, page 273:",
          "text": "Nunca me importó si la pintura de mi recámara era blanca, pinta o neja.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dirty, stained"
      ],
      "id": "en-nejo-es-adj-wX-LDVQx",
      "links": [
        [
          "dirty",
          "dirty"
        ],
        [
          "stained",
          "stained"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mexico) dirty, stained"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sucio"
        },
        {
          "word": "manchado"
        },
        {
          "word": "mugriento"
        },
        {
          "word": "desaseado"
        },
        {
          "word": "puerco"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnexo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈne.xo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-exo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nejo"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "nah",
        "3": "nextli"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Nahuatl nextli",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Nahuatl nextli.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "neja",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nejos",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nejas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nejo (feminine neja, masculine plural nejos, feminine plural nejas)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ne‧jo"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mexican Spanish",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/exo",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/exo/2 syllables",
        "Spanish 2-syllable words",
        "Spanish adjectives",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from Nahuatl",
        "Spanish terms derived from Nahuatl",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I never cared if the paint in my bedroom was white, mottled or dirty.",
          "ref": "2017, Sofía Segovia, El Murmullo de las Abejas, 1st edition, Mexico City, Mexico: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, →ISBN, page 273:",
          "text": "Nunca me importó si la pintura de mi recámara era blanca, pinta o neja.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dirty, stained"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dirty",
          "dirty"
        ],
        [
          "stained",
          "stained"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Mexico) dirty, stained"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sucio"
        },
        {
          "word": "manchado"
        },
        {
          "word": "mugriento"
        },
        {
          "word": "desaseado"
        },
        {
          "word": "puerco"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnexo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈne.xo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-exo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nejo"
}

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