paja

f.

1 straw (hierba, caña).

2 wank (British), jerkoff (United States) (very informal) (masturbation).

hacerse la paja to jerk off (Am), to have a wank (British)

hacerse una paja to jerk off (Am), to have a wank (British)

3 light stuff, waffle, padding.

4 faucet, spigot.

5 garbage, insubstantial talk, rubbish, trash.

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paja

► nombre femenino

1 straw

2 figurado (relleno) waffle

3 tabú (masturbación) wank

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hacerse una paja tabú to wank, US jerk off

meter paja to waffle

por un quítame allá esas pajas for no reason at all

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noun f.

straw

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SF

1) (Agr) straw; [de beber] straw; LAm (=leña) dried brushwood

sombrero de paja — straw hat

techo de paja — thatched roof

hombre de paja — * front man *

- lo hizo en un quitarme las pajas

- riñeron por un quítame allá esas pajas

- ver la paja en el ojo ajeno y no la viga en el propio

2) (fig) trash, rubbish, garbage (EEUU); [en libro, ensayo] padding, waffle *

hinchar un libro con mucha paja — to pad a book out

meter paja — to waffle

3) *** (=masturbación)

hacerse una paja, volarse la paja — CAm to wank ***, jerk off ***

4) And, Chile

paja brava — tall altiplano grass

5) And, CAm

(tb: paja de agua) (=grifo) tap, faucet (EEUU); (=canal) canal

6) Cono Sur ** (=droga) dope **

7) CAm ** (=mentira) lie, fib *

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I

adjetivo (Per fam) great (colloq)

II

femenino

1) (Agr, Bot) straw

sombrero de paja — straw hat

techo de paja — thatched roof

hacerse o (Chi, Per) correrse una or la paja — (vulg) to jerk off (vulg), to wank (BrE vulg)

hacerse pajas mentales — (vulg) to indulge in mental masturbation

tener (el) rabo (Col, Ven) or (RPl) (la) cola de paja — to have a guilty conscience

ver la paja en el ojo ajeno y no la viga en el propio — to see the mote in one's neighbor's eye and not the beam in one's own

2) (para beber) tb

pajita — (drinking) straw

3)

a) (fam) (en texto, discurso) padding, waffle (BrE colloq)

b) (Col fam)

hablar or echar paja — (decir mentiras) to tell lies; (charlar) to chat, gab (colloq)

4) (AmC) (grifo) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)

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I

adjetivo (Per fam) great (colloq)

II

femenino

1) (Agr, Bot) straw

sombrero de paja — straw hat

techo de paja — thatched roof

hacerse o (Chi, Per) correrse una or la paja — (vulg) to jerk off (vulg), to wank (BrE vulg)

hacerse pajas mentales — (vulg) to indulge in mental masturbation

tener (el) rabo (Col, Ven) or (RPl) (la) cola de paja — to have a guilty conscience

ver la paja en el ojo ajeno y no la viga en el propio — to see the mote in one's neighbor's eye and not the beam in one's own

2) (para beber) tb

pajita — (drinking) straw

3)

a) (fam) (en texto, discurso) padding, waffle (BrE colloq)

b) (Col fam)

hablar or echar paja — (decir mentiras) to tell lies; (charlar) to chat, gab (colloq)

4) (AmC) (grifo) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)

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paja¹

¹ = straw, chaff, hay.

Ex: The situation was probably similar in Britain, except that very little straw pulp was used, and a considerable amount of esparto.

Ex: Large research libraries play an active role, if often unrecognized, in shaping the direction of scholarship through their decisions about what is important to preserve for posterity and what is chaff to be discarded.

Ex: These are animal sculptures created from natural materials, e.g., hay, moss and peat.

* alpaca de paja = straw bale.

* cartón hecho de paja = strawboard.

* hombre de paja = straw man, straw figure, frontman.

* rellenar de paja = pad out.

* separar el grano de la paja = divide into + Adjetivo + sheep and + Adjetivo + goats, sort the + Adjetivo + sheep from the + Adjetivo + goats, separate + the wheat from the chaff, sort out + the wheat from the chaff, sift + the wheat from the chaff.

* sombrero de paja = straw hat.

* tejado de paja = thatched roof, thatch roof.

paja²

² = wank.

Ex: Channel 4 has postponed transmission of its 'wank week' programming in a bid to avoid further controversy.

* hacerle una paja a un muerto = flog + a dead horse, beat + a dead horse, fart + in the wind.

* hacerse una paja = wank, jerk + Reflexivo + off.

* paja mental = mental masturbation.

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paja¹

adjective

(Per fam) great (colloq)

paja²

feminine

A (Agr, Bot) straw

sombrero de paja straw hat

techo de paja thatched roof

correrse una or la paja (Chi, Per vulg); to jerk off (vulg), to wank (BrE vulg)

hacerse pajas mentales (vulg); to indulge in mental masturbation

hacerse una or la paja (vulg); to jerk off (vulg), to wank (BrE vulg), to have a wank (BrE vulg)

quítame allá esas pajas (fam): arma un escándalo por cualquier quítame allá esas pajas she kicks up a fuss over the slightest little thing (colloq)

ver la paja en el ojo ajeno y no la viga en el propio to see the mote in one's neighbor's eye and not the beam in one's own

tener (el) rabo (Col, Ven) or (RPl) (la) cola de paja to have a guilty conscience

Compuesto:

paja brava

grass similar to esparto

B (para beber) tb

pajita straw, drinking straw

C

(de) color paja straw-colored*

D

1 (fam) (en un escrito, discurso) padding, waffle (BrE colloq)

tiene unos capítulos interesantes pero también hay mucha paja it has some interesting chapters but there's a lot of padding o waffle too

ha escrito siete páginas pero es pura paja she's written seven pages but it's pure padding

2

(Col fam): hablar or echar paja (decir mentiras) to tell lies; (charlar) to chat, gab (colloq)

E (AmC, Ven) (del agua) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)

agua de la paja tap water

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paja sustantivo femenino
1

a) (Agr, Bot) straw;

◊ sombrero de paja straw hat;

techo de paja thatched roof

b) (para beber) (drinking) straw

2

a) (fam) (en texto, discurso) padding, waffle (BrE colloq)

b) (Col fam): hablar or echar paja (decir mentiras) to tell lies;

(charlar) to chat, gab (colloq)
3 (AmC) (grifo) faucet (AmE), tap (BrE)
paja sustantivo femenino
1 straw
2 fam (relleno, palabrería) waffle
♦ Locuciones: separar el grano de la paja, to separate the sheep from the goats
se pelearon por un quítame allá esas pajas, they quarrelled about nothing
'paja' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
bala
- grano
- guarnición
- hombre
- pajar
- polvo
- fardo
- haz
- pelele
English:
pad out
- padding
- straw
- straw hat
- straw man
- suck
- thatch
- thatched
- toss off
- waffle
- wank
- wisp
- faucet
- litter
- pad
- tap

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paja¹ nf

1. [hierba, caña] straw;

casa con techo de paja thatched house, house with a thatched roof;

Comp

por un quítame allá esas pajas over nothing, over some silly little thing;

Comp

separar la paja del grano to separate o sort out the wheat from the chaff;

Comp

RDom Fam

no ser paja de coco to be no easy task;

Prov

ver la paja en el ojo ajeno y no la viga en el propio to see the mote in one's neighbour's eye and not the beam in one's own

Comp

Andes, RP paja brava = tall, thick grass that grows on the altiplano and the pampas

2. [para beber] (drinking) straw

3. Fam [relleno] waffle, padding;

has metido mucha paja en el trabajo your essay's got too much waffle o padding in it

4. muy Fam [masturbación] Br wank, US jerkoff;

hacerse una o Am [m5]la paja to jerk off, Br to have a wank

Comp

paja mental:

no son más que pajas mentales it's just mental masturbation;

deja de hacerte pajas mentales y decídete quit o stop jerking around and make your mind up

5. Col, Ven Fam [palabrería] blather, waffle;

deja ya de hablar paja stop blathering o Br wittering on

paja² adj

Perú Fam wicked, brilliant

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paja

f straw;

hacerse una o L.Am.

la paja vulg jerk off vulg ;

por un quítame allá esas pajas over nothing

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paja nf

1) : straw

2) fam : trash, tripe

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paja n

1. (en general) straw

un sombrero de paja a straw hat

bébelo con una paja drink it with a straw

2. (relleno) waffle

no pongas paja en el examen don't write waffle in your exam