queixa

Catalan

Noun

queixa f (plural queixes)

  1. complaint

Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from queixar (“to complain”).[1] Compare Spanish queja.

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈke(j).ʃɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɐj.ʃɐ/
  • Hyphenation: quei‧xa

Noun

queixa f (plural queixas)

  1. complaint
  2. grievance
  3. lamentation
    Synonyms: lamúria, lamento

Derived terms

References
  1. “queixa” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. [em linha]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2019.
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