calleja

See also: Calleja

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *callicula; compare attested Late Latin calliculus. By surface analysis, calle +‎ -eja.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaˈʝexa/ [kaˈʝe.xa]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kaˈʝexa/ [kaˈʝe.xa]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kaˈʎexa/ [kaˈʎe.xa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kaˈʃexa/ [kaˈʃe.xa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kaˈʒexa/ [kaˈʒe.xa]

• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: ca‧lle‧ja

Noun

calleja f (plural callejas)

1. narrow street
   • 1885, Leopoldo Alas, chapter 1, in La Regenta, volume 1, published 2006, →ISBN:

     Pero sin pensarlo, daba una intención lúbrica y cínica a su mirada, como meretriz de calleja, […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• callejear
• callejón
• callejuela

 

Related terms

• callejo

 

Further reading

• “calleja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10