navaja

Spanish

Pequeña navaja-llavero

Alternative forms

nabaja (obsolete)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *navac(u)la, from Latin novacula (“razor”). Compare Portuguese navalha, Galician navalla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naˈbaxa/, [naˈβaxa]

Noun

navaja f (plural navajas)

razor
penknife, jackknife
razor shell, razor clam (edible clam of genus Ensis)

Further reading

“navaja” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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