quejarse
Spanish, verb/keˈxaɾse/
quejarse is spelled Q-U-E-J-A-R-S-E (8 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,778th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quejarse is a Spanish verb meaning “to complain, to whine, to gripe, to grouse, to fuss, to bitch, to beef” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expresar quejas o disconformidad sobre algo o alguien”.
What does quejarse mean in English?
verb
- 1
to complain, to whine, to gripe, to grouse, to fuss, to bitch, to beef
¡Deja de quejarte!
- 2
to grumble, to moan, to groan
- 3
to quarrel
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Expresar quejas o disconformidad sobre algo o alguien. 2. Manifestar con la voz un dolor o una pena. 3. Presentar ante una autoridad una querella o reclamación oficial contra alguien por un delito o situación adversa.
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 quejarse
- me quejo first-person present singular
- me quejé first-person preterite singular
- quejado participle past
- quejándose gerund
- quejada feminine participle past
- quejados masculine participle past
- quejadas feminine participle past
- quejarme first-person infinitive singular
- quejarte infinitive second-person singular
- quejarnos first-person infinitive plural
- quejaros infinitive plural second-person
- quejándome first-person gerund singular
- quejándote gerund second-person singular
- quejándonos first-person gerund plural
- quejándoos gerund plural second-person
- te quejas indicative informal present
- te quejás indicative informal present
- se queja indicative present singular
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quejarse?
- /keˈxaɾse/
- [keˈxaɾ.se]
- [keˈxaɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quejarse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quejarse in Spanish?
quejarse appears 6.6 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).