fleje

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflexe/ [ˈfle.xe]
  • Rhymes: -exe
  • Syllabification: fle‧je

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Catalan fleix.

Noun

fleje m (plural flejes)

  1. strapping [from late 18th c.]

Etymology 2

From feje (“bundle, wad”), ultimately from Latin fascis.

Noun

fleje m (plural flejes)

  1. (Canary Islands, colloquial) a lot, a large amount [with de]
    En la playa hay un fleje de gente.
    There's a lot of people in the beach.
    Ayer me fui a Arguineguín y hacía un fleje de calor.
    Yesterday I went to Arguineguín and it was very hot.

Adverb

fleje

  1. (Canary Islands, colloquial) very [optionally with de]
    Mi hermana es fleje de alta.
    My sister is very tall.
Usage notes
  • un and/or de (before and after fleje) might be omitted in speech.

Further reading

  • “fleje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
  • “fleje”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010
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