paja

Spanish

noun

Definitions

(countable) straw dried stalk of a cereal plant
(uncountable) straw dried stalks considered collectively
A drinking straw
(slang) wank, handjob, masturbation
(colloquial) lie, falsehood
(colloquial) bullshit, lies, falsehoods
(Peruvian Spanish) very good, great, excellent
(vulgar) laziness, tiredness, fatigue

Etymology

Inherited from Latin palea (chaff, straw) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pel-

Gloss

dust, flour, fold, skin, hide, cover, wrap, cloth, gray, container, roam, drive, wander, beat, push, earn, chaff, shake, grey, sell, covering, swing, powder, light

Concept

Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

皮, 膚, 肌

Emoji

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