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lija

Spanish, noun

lija is spelled L-I-J-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,106th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lija is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “sandpaper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of lijar. With an accent, lijá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of lijar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Papel que se utiliza para lijar madera”.

What does lija mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesandpaper

  2. 2

    femininedogfish

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as lijá
  1. 1

    second-person singular voseo imperative of lijar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Papel que se utiliza para lijar madera. 2. Pez marino del orden de los selacios, de cuerpo casi cilíndrico que llega a un metro de longitud, cabeza pequeña y boca con muchos dientes de tres puntas; tiene cinco aberturas branquiales a cada lado del cuello; piel grísea con muchas pintas de color pardo rojizo en el lomo, blanquecina en la región abdominal, sin escamas, pero cubierta de una especie de granillos córneos muy duros, que la hacen 3. Piel seca de este pez o de otro selacio, que por la dureza de sus granillos se emplea para limpiar y pulir metales y maderas. 4. Hambre.

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 lija

  • lijas plural

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

English words that translate to lija

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

How common is lija in Spanish?

lija appears about once in every 1 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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