maruja

Spanish

Etymology

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Noun

maruja f (plural marujas)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, Spain) a gossipy housewife

Further reading

• “marujo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10