cejar
Spanish, verb/θeˈxaɾ/
cejar is spelled C-E-J-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 135,232nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cejar is a Spanish verb meaning “to give in; to forfeit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Retroceder las bestias que tiran de un carruaje”.
What does cejar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to give in; to forfeit
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Retroceder, marchar hacia atrás. 2. Retroceder las bestias que tiran de un carruaje. 3. Aflojar o ceder en un negocio, empeño o discusión.
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 cejar
- cejo first-person present singular
- cejé first-person preterite singular
- cejado participle past
- cejando gerund
- cejada feminine participle past
- cejados masculine participle past
- cejadas feminine participle past
- cejas indicative informal present
- cejás indicative informal present
- ceja indicative present singular
- cejamos first-person indicative plural
- cejáis indicative plural present
- cejan indicative plural present
- cejaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cejabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cejábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cejabais imperfect indicative plural
- cejaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cejar?
- /θeˈxaɾ/
- [θeˈxaɾ]
- /seˈxaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cejar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cejar in Spanish?
cejar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).