teja

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) roof tile
2. (feminine) a type of noodle
3. (feminine) a type of chocolate from Peru
4. (Costa-Rica, feminine, slang) a 100-colón coin

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of tejar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of tejar:

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of tejer:
2. (form-of, imperative, singular, third-person) inflection of tejer:

tejar

• Verb
• Noun

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tejer

1. to knit
2. to weave
3. to spin (a web, a tale)

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Concepts

tile

roof tile

brick

roofing tile

rooftile

shingle

knit

Synonyms

azulejo

baldosa

gorra

ladrillo

lento

alicatado

losa

teja el género

Translations

dakpan

Dachziegel

tegola

tuile

teula

telha

Ziegel

tegula

coppo

mattone

pan

tegola d’ardesia

Dachpfanne

Pfanne

Hyphenated as

te‧ja

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtexa/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: tēgula

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tegla, from Latin tēgula, whence English tile through the Latin word's Proto-Germanic descendant, from Proto-Indo-European *tegdʰleh₂. Doublet of tarro.