paja

Meaning

  1. (countable, feminine) straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)
  2. (feminine, uncountable) straw (dried stalks considered collectively)
  3. (feminine) drinking straw
  4. (feminine, slang) wank, jerk off, handjob, masturbation
  5. (Colombia, El-Salvador, Guatemala, Venezuela, colloquial, feminine) lie, falsehood
  6. (Peru, feminine, slang) very good, great, excellent
  7. (Argentina, Chile, feminine, uncountable, vulgar) laziness, tiredness, fatigue
  8. (Chile, feminine, uncountable, vulgar) effort, a task, for example, that requires a lot of energy to complete.

Synonyms

paja de la puna

paja brava

sipper

paja bebiendo

leña menuda

icho

paja de las punas

paja común

paja silvestre

sorvete

echarse una mano

masturbarse una vez

chicuca

lo que no tiene sustancia

hablar trivialidades

gamelote

masturbacion

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
pa‧ja
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpaxa/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish paja, from Latin palea (“chaff”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

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