quejar
Spanish, verb/keˈxaɾ/
quejar is spelled Q-U-E-J-A-R (6 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,761st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quejar is a Spanish verb meaning “to complain, see quejarse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expresar una persona un dolor físico o moral con palabras o gritos”.
What does quejar mean in English?
verb
- 1
archaicto afflict
- 2
to complain, see quejarse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Expresar una persona un dolor físico o moral con palabras o gritos 2. Expresar disgusto, descontento o disconformidad con una persona o una cosa 3. Presentar una querella contra una persona
verb: 1. Variante anticuada de aquejar (causar sufrimiento físico, malestar o molestia; afectar).
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 quejar
- quejo first-person present singular
- quejé first-person preterite singular
- quejado participle past
- quejando gerund
- quejada feminine participle past
- quejados masculine participle past
- quejadas feminine participle past
- quejas indicative informal present
- quejás indicative informal present
- queja indicative present singular
- quejamos first-person indicative plural
- quejáis indicative plural present
- quejan indicative plural present
- quejaba first-person imperfect indicative
- quejabas imperfect indicative second-person
- quejábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- quejabais imperfect indicative plural
- quejaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quejar?
- /keˈxaɾ/
- [keˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quejar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quejar in Spanish?
quejar appears 2.6 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).