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caja de Pandora

Spanish, noun/ˌkaxa de panˈdoɾa/

caja de Pandora is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Pandora's box” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does caja de Pandora mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininePandora's box

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. Acción de donde, de forma inesperada, derivan consecuencias catastróficas.

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 caja de Pandora

  • cajas de Pandora plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce caja de Pandora?

  • /ˌkaxa de panˈdoɾa/
  • [ˌka.xa ð̞e pãn̪ˈd̪o.ɾa]
  • [ˈkaxa ð̞e pãn̪ˈd̪oɾa]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.