colleja
Spanish, noun/koˈʝexa/
colleja is spelled C-O-L-L-E-J-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 105,087th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colleja is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “campion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hierba de la familia de las cariofiláceas, de cuatro a ocho decímetros de altura, con hojas lanceoladas…”.
What does colleja mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecampion
noun
- 1
colloquialfeminineslap on the nape
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hierba de la familia de las cariofiláceas, de cuatro a ocho decímetros de altura, con hojas lanceoladas, blanquecinas y suaves, tallos ahorquillados y flores blancas en panoja colgante. Es muy común en los sembrados y parajes incultos, y se come en algunas partes como verdura.
noun: 1. Pescozón (golpe que se da con la palma de la mano en la nuca).
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 colleja
- collejas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colleja?
- /koˈʝexa/
- [koˈʝe.xa]
- [koˈʝexa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is colleja in Spanish?
colleja appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).