ceja
Spanish, noun
ceja is spelled C-E-J-A (4 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,619th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ceja is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “eyebrow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of cejar. With an accent, cejá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of cejar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Área cubierta de pelo ubicada aproximadamente 2 cm sobre el ojo en la cara humana y también en la mayor parte…”.
What does ceja mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeyebrow
- 2
femininerim, edge
- 3
femininefret
- 4
femininecapotasto
- 5
feminineclearing (in the woods, in clouds, etc.)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of cejar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Área cubierta de pelo ubicada aproximadamente 2 cm sobre el ojo en la cara humana y también en la mayor parte de los primates y otros mamíferos. 2. Roza horizontal que se hace en una pared a manera de imposta para labrar una bóveda.
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 ceja
- cejas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ceja
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ceja in Spanish?
ceja appears 2.9 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).