sonaja

Spanish

Etymology

From the plural of Vulgar Latin *sonāculum, from Latin sonāre (“make noise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈnaxa/ [soˈna.xa]
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: so‧na‧ja

Noun

sonaja f (plural sonajas)

1. rattle

Related terms

• sonajera
• sonar

Further reading

• “sonaja”, 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