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faja

Spanish, noun

faja is spelled F-A-J-A (4 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,279th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faja is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “strip, band, sash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of fajar. With an accent, fajá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of fajar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Especie de cinta o ceñidor con que se ciñe y rodea el cuerpo”.

What does faja mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininestrip, band, sash

  2. 2

    femininebelt

  3. 3

    femininecorset

  4. 4

    femininecummerbund

  5. 5

    femininebandage

  6. 6

    femininesash

  7. 7

    femininestrip, belt

  8. 8

    femininelane (of highway)

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as fajá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of fajar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Especie de cinta o ceñidor con que se ciñe y rodea el cuerpo. 2. Prenda elástica que se ciñe a la cintura para estilizar la figura o por motivos médicos. 3. Cinta que se pone en la cubierta de un libro donde aparece alguna breve mención del contenido o de un premio obtenido. 4. Cualquiera tira mucho mas larga que ancha, como las del globo terráqueo.

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 faja

  • fajas plural

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

English words that translate to faja

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is faja in Spanish?

faja appears 2.3 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).

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