halajá
Spanish, noun/alaˈxa/
halajá is spelled H-A-L-A-J-Á (6 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 185,934th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halajá is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “Halacha (Jewish law)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de los preceptos tradicionales de la religión judía, tanto los tomados directamente del texto…”.
What does halajá mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineHalacha (Jewish law)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de los preceptos tradicionales de la religión judía, tanto los tomados directamente del texto bíblico como los de origen rabínico o consuetudinario.
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.
How do you pronounce halajá?
- /alaˈxa/
- [a.laˈxa]
- [alaˈxa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is halajá in Spanish?
halajá appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).