tobaja

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin toallia.

Noun

tobaja f (plural tobajas)

1. towel

Descendants

• Ladino: tovaja

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈbaxa/ [t̪oˈβ̞a.xa]
• Rhymes: -axa
• Syllabification: to‧ba‧ja

Noun

tobaja f (plural tobajas)

1. (Andalusia, obsolete) alternative form of toalla

Further reading

• “tobaja”, 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