congoja

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish congoxa, from Catalan congoixa, from Vulgar Latin *congustia (“anguish”), from congustus (“narrow”), from coangustus, from Latin coangustare.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /konˈɡoxa/ [kõŋˈɡo.xa]
Rhymes: -oxa
Syllabification: con‧go‧ja

Noun

congoja f (plural congojas)

anguish, worry, anxiety

See also

angustia f

Verb

congoja

inflection of congojar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

“congoja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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