cerraja
Spanish, noun/θeˈraxa/
cerraja is spelled C-E-R-R-A-J-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish, the 260,274th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cerraja is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “lock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mecanismo usado para mantener las puertas trabadas una vez que se cierran”.
What does cerraja mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelock
noun
- 1
femininefield milk thistle; field sowthistle; perennial sow-thistle; corn sow thistle; dindle (Sonchus arvensis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mecanismo usado para mantener las puertas trabadas una vez que se cierran.
noun: 1. Cualquiera de las hierbas del género Sonchus.
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 cerraja
- cerrajas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cerraja?
- /θeˈraxa/
- [θeˈra.xa]
- /seˈraxa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cerraja in Spanish?
cerraja appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).