roja
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
roja f (plural roges)
- female equivalent of roig
- madder (Rubia tinctorum)
- a bark beetle of the genus Hylesinus, the larva of which feed on the wood of the olive tree
Hypernyms edit
- (insect): escolítid (bark beetle)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- Roja (plant) on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
roja f sg
Lower Sorbian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
roja
- inflection of roj:
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
roja
- inflection of rojar:
Serbo-Croatian edit
Noun edit
rȍja (Cyrillic spelling ро̏ја)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
- (Spanish national football team): The nickname "La Roja" was created by the then manager Luis Aragonés. He said "I would like the national team to have a name, an identity. Just as Brazil is the canarinha or Argentina the albiceleste, I would like Spain to be La Roja"[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
roja f (plural rojas)
- female equivalent of rojo (“Red; communist”)
- (soccer, preceded by "la") the Chile national football team
- (soccer, preceded by "la") the Spain national football team
Adjective edit
roja f sg