vejar
[beˈxaɾ]
The verdict
“vejar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acosar con maltrato a alguien, hacerle padecer.
Corpus desk
Index ES-vejar · vejar · Spanish
vejar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vejar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [beˈxaɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “vejar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
vejar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [beˈxaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for vejar in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is vejar, spelled V-E-J-A-R.
Definition
- 1Acosar con maltrato a alguien, hacerle padecer.
- 2Hacer pasar a alguien por una situación humillante, reprenderlo de forma satírica u ofensiva.
- 3Dar vejamen a alguien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how vejar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[a la casa] La apodaban La Discotheque, por el alto volumen de la música que mañana y tarde sonaba para esconder los alaridos de quienes eran vejados, electrocutados y golpeados hasta la muerte en su interior.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.