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guija

Spanish, noun

guija is spelled G-U-I-J-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Spanish, the 200,060th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Guija is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “pebble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a diaeresis, güija is a different word: “Ouija”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Piedra pelada y chica que se encuentra en las orillas y madres de los ríos y arroyos”.

What does guija mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininepebble

noun

as güija
  1. 1

    feminineOuija

  2. 2

    feminineOuija board

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Práctica de adivinación o espiritismo que consiste en hacer preguntas al más allá disponiendo las letras del alfabeto en círculo y un vaso, moneda u otro objeto o que al moverse por la fuerza de los congregados servirá de puntero e irá escribiendo las respuestas.

noun: 1. Piedra pelada y chica que se encuentra en las orillas y madres de los ríos y arroyos. 2. Almorta.

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 guija

  • güijas plural
  • guijas plural

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

English words that translate to guija

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

How common is guija in Spanish?

guija appears about once in every 31 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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