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cuajar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish quajar, from Vulgar Latin *coaglāre/ *quaglāre, from syncopation of Latin coāgulāre. Doublet of coagular, a borrowing. Compare Aragonese cuallar, Asturian cuayar, Catalan quallar, Galician callar, French cailler.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kwaˈxaɾ/ [kwaˈxaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cua‧jar

Verb

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cuajar (first-person singular present cuajo, first-person singular preterite cuajé, past participle cuajado)

  1. to curdle
  2. to gel
  3. (colloquial) to work (well), to be successfully done, to give results
    El plan no parece estar cuajando.
    The plan doesn't seem to be working.
  4. (colloquial) to please
    No me cuaja.
    It doesn't do anything for me.
  5. (colloquial) to get filled, to get populated

Conjugation

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Noun

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cuajar m (plural cuajares)

  1. abomasum

Further reading

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