queixar

Meaning

  1. to complain
  2. to whine, whinge

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kejˈʃaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese queixar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably from Vulgar Latin *quassiare, from Latin quassāre (“to shake”). Compare Portuguese queixar and Spanish quejar.

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