lejía
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Latin lixīva, noun use of the adjective lixīvus (“made into lye”), from the use aqua lixīva. Compare Italian lisciva, French lessive, Romanian leșie, Sardinian lissía.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lejía f (plural lejías)
- lye
- bleach
- Synonym: blanqueador
Further reading
[edit]- “lejía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014