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cuajar

Pronunciation: /kwaˈxaɾ/

“cuajar” is a Spanish word. Its 6 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to curdle
  2. to gel
  3. to work (well), to be successfully done, to give results
  4. to please
  5. to get filled, to get populated

noun

  1. abomasum

In Spanish

  1. Cuarto estómago de los rumiantes, el encargado de hacer la digestión enzimática de los alimentos.
  2. Volver sólido o espeso un líquido, al provocar un cambio de estructura en las proteínas contenidas en él.
  3. Sobrecargar de adornos una cosa.
  4. Conseguir resultados en lo que se emprende, cosechar un éxito.
  5. formar pedazos de hielo o capas de nieve.
  6. Dar frutos los árboles y plantas, a partir de la flor.
  7. Gustar, dar una impresión agradable.

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish quajar, from Vulgar Latin *coaglāre/ *quaglāre, from syncopation of Latin coāgulāre. Doublet of coagular, a borrowing. Compare Aragonese cuallar, Asturian cuayar, Catalan quallar, Galician callar, French cailler.

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