Noun: oreja
Gender: f
Hyphenation: o‧re‧ja
| Singular f | oreja |
| Plural f | orejas |
Sample Sentences
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Me duelen las orejas. (My ears hurt.)
Nouns inflected like oreja
enlatadora,
gencianilla,
paletada,
interneurona,
palestra,
quinacridona,
uridina,
bacinilla,
sopaipilla,
histerectomía,
desaveniencia,
baicaleína,
mesanina,
delicatessen,
hipertrigliceridemia,
teleasistencia,
sequía,
serifa,
seroja,
sesera, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish oreja, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula. Compare Portuguese orelha. Doublet of aurícula, a borrowing from Latin. See: Old Spanish Nouns '
oreja', Old Spanish Nouns '
oreja', Latin Nouns '
ōricula', Portuguese Nouns '
orelha'.
Verbs referencing "oreja"
French Nouns
oreille, Portuguese Nouns
orelha.
Translations