Feminine
caja
Sentences
Ahora vacíe la caja fuerte .
Now empty the safe.
La caja de velocidades logra transiciones rápidas y suaves .
The gearbox achieves quick and smooth transitions.
Meaning
- (feminine) box, case
- (feminine) bank
- (feminine) cash desk
- (feminine) cash register, register, cash box
- (feminine) gearbox
- (feminine) snare drum
- (feminine) case
Concepts
cashier’s stand
grid box
stair cage
box of bast
basket of bast
Synonyms
cárter
dinero efectivo
vasija de barro
compruebe el escritorio
escritorio de la caja
aristotle
portador de las personas
caja de ascensor
jaulón
tarola
caja clara
escatol
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ca‧ja
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkaxa/
Etymology
In summary
Probably borrowed from Catalan caixa or Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa. (Latin /-ps-/ yields palatal outcomes in the latter two, but not in Spanish; cf. Latin ipse > Sp. ese, Catalan eixe.) Related to English case and cash and, more distantly, Spanish quijada.
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