aja
Portuguese, verb/ˈa.ʒɐ/
aja is a Portuguese verb meaning “first/third-person singular present subjunctive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo de agir”.
What does aja mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
- 3
obsoleteobsolete spelling of haja
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo de agir 2. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo de agir
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce aja?
- Brazil /ˈa.ʒɐ/
- Portugal /ˈa.ʒɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aja in Portuguese?
aja appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).