fleje

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflexe/ [ˈfle.xe]
• Rhymes: -exe
• Syllabification: fle‧je

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Catalan fleix.

Noun

fleje m (plural flejes)

1. strapping [from late 18th c.]

Etymology 2

From feje (“bundle, wad”), borrowed from Portuguese feixe, ultimately from Latin fascis.

Noun

fleje m (plural flejes)

1. (Canary Islands, colloquial) a lot, a large amount [optionally with de]

   En la playa hay un fleje de gente.

   There's a lot of people in the beach.

   Ayer me fui a Arguineguín y hacía un fleje de calor.

   Yesterday I went to Arguineguín and it was very hot.

Adverb

fleje

1. (Canary Islands, colloquial) very [optionally with de]

   Mi hermana es fleje de alta.

   My sister is very tall.

Usage notes

• un and/or de (before and after fleje) might be omitted in speech.

Further reading

• “fleje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “fleje”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010