vaja

See also: vāja, vājā, väja, and Vaja

Catalan

Etymology

Archaic third-person singular present subjunctive of anar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈva.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈva.d͡ʒa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Interjection

vaja

1. Expresses surprise etc., analogous to Spanish vaya

Further reading

• “vaja”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “vaja”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025