queja

== Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl == === Adverb === queja alternative spelling of queha (“how?”) === Preposition === queja alternative spelling of queha (“like”) == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkexa/ [ˈke.xa] 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 ===== ===== Related 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 === Further reading === “queja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025