"paja" meaning in Spanish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpaxa/, [ˈpa.xa] Forms: pajas [plural]
Rhymes: -axa Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish paja, from Latin palea (“chaff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|paja|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish paja, {{inh+|es|osp|paja}} Inherited from Old Spanish paja, {{inh|es|la|palea||chaff}} Latin palea (“chaff”), {{der|es|ine-pro|*pel-||flour, dust}} Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} paja f (plural pajas)
  1. (countable) straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant) Tags: countable, feminine Synonyms: bagazo, barcia
    Sense id: en-paja-es-noun-WeZOuPmA
  2. (uncountable) straw (dried stalks considered collectively) Tags: feminine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-paja-es-noun-vwN-aFcG
  3. drinking straw Tags: feminine Synonyms: pajita, popote, cañita
    Sense id: en-paja-es-noun-LdZ2yCho
  4. (slang) wank, jerk off, handjob, masturbation Tags: feminine, slang Synonyms: pajilla, pajote
    Sense id: en-paja-es-noun-v~4EL0yU
  5. (colloquial, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia) lie, falsehood Tags: Colombia, El-Salvador, Guatemala, colloquial, feminine
    Sense id: en-paja-es-noun-kyV~MqEu Categories (other): Colombian Spanish, Guatemalan Spanish, Salvadorian Spanish
  6. (Peru, slang) very good, great, excellent Tags: Peru, feminine, slang
    Sense id: en-paja-es-noun--fOgS99C Categories (other): Peruvian Spanish
  7. (vulgar, uncountable, Argentina, Chile) laziness, tiredness, fatigue Tags: Argentina, Chile, feminine, uncountable, vulgar
    Sense id: en-paja-es-noun-qyaRdpzo Categories (other): Argentinian Spanish, Chilean Spanish
  8. (vulgar, uncountable, Chile) effort, a task, for example, that requires a lot of energy to complete. Tags: Chile, feminine, uncountable, vulgar
    Sense id: en-paja-es-noun-6tgH5Uag Categories (other): Chilean Spanish, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 3 9 21 17 1 1 20 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: a humo de pajas, apartar el grano de la paja, hacerse pajas, hacerse una paja, hombre de paja, paja mental, paja toquilla Related terms: pajar, pajero, pajoso, payaso

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vulgar, uncountable, Chile) effort, a task, for example, that requires a lot of energy to complete."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Chile",
        "feminine",
        "uncountable",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpaxa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpa.xa]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-axa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "paja"
}

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