pajita

Spanish

Etymology

From paja (“straw (stalk of a cereal plant)”) +‎ -ita (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈxita/ [paˈxi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: pa‧ji‧ta

Noun

pajita f (plural pajitas)

1. (Southern Cone, Spain) drinking straw

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita

2. diminutive of paja

Further reading

• “pajita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• “pajita”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (2023 August 3) “pajita”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
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