queja

See also: quejá

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Adverb

queja

1. alternative spelling of queha (“how?”)

Preposition

queja

1. alternative spelling of queha (“like”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkexa/ [ˈke.xa]
• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: que‧ja

Etymology 1

Deverbal from quejarse (“to complain”). Compare Portuguese queixa.

Noun

queja f (plural quejas)

1. complaint, grievance, gripe, grumble
2. (in the plural) complaining

Usage notes

• Queja is rarely used to mean a legal complaint. For the legal term, use denuncia.

Derived terms

• quejoso
• quejumbroso

Related terms

• quejar
• quejarse

Etymology 2

Verb

queja

1. only used in se queja, third-person singular present indicative of quejarse
2. only used in te ... queja, syntactic variant of quéjate, second-person singular imperative of quejarse

Further reading

• “queja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025