ajá
Spanish, interjection
ajá is spelled A-J-Á (3 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,890th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ajá is a Spanish interjection meaning “aha” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular voseo imperative of ajar. Without its accent, aja is a different word: “adze”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Exclamación que muestra aprobación”.
What does ajá mean in English?
interjection
- 1
aha
- 2
uh-huh
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of ajar
noun
- 1
feminineadze
interjection
- 1
aha, I see (expresion of understanding, realization, invention or recognition)
suffix
- 1
femininealternative form of -ajo
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
- 3
third-person singular present indicative
- 4
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expresión que indica una respuesta afirmativa o también que uno está de acuerdo con el/los interlocutores.
interjection: 1. Exclamación que muestra aprobación. 2. Exclamación de asombro o sorpresa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ajá
- ajas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ajá
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ajá in Spanish?
ajá appears 2.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).