paja
Spanish, noun/ˈpaxa/
paja is spelled P-A-J-A (4 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,394th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paja is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tallo hueco de las gramíneas, una vez secado y separado del fruto”.
What does paja mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestraw (dried stalk of a cereal plant)
- 2
femininestraw (dried stalks considered collectively)
Él tiene puesto un sombrero de paja.
- 3
femininedrinking straw
- 4
feminineslangvulgarwank, jerk off, handjob, masturbation
Me hizo una paja muy rica en el coche mientras yo conducía.
- 5
colloquialfemininelie, falsehood
Todos los políticos hablan paja.
- 6
feminineslangvery good, great, excellent
¡Que canción paja tocaron en la radio!
- 7
femininevulgarlaziness, tiredness, fatigue
¿Tenemos que caminar treinta cuadras? ¡Qué paja!
- 8
femininevulgareffort, a task, for example, that requires a lot of energy to complete.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tallo hueco de las gramíneas, una vez secado y separado del fruto. 2. Por extensión, la parte descartable de cualquier producto, por contraposición con aquella verdaderamente útil. 3. Tubo delgado y corto, utilizado para sorber líquidos. 4. Acción y efecto de masturbarse.
adjective: 1. Que es sencillo o que cuesta poco trabajo. 2. Muy bueno.^([cita requerida]).
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 paja
- pajas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paja?
- /ˈpaxa/
- [ˈpa.xa]
- [ˈpaxa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paja
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paja in Spanish?
paja appears 24 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).