yacija

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *iacilia, neuter plural of *iacīle, derived from Latin iacēre (“to lay”).

• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈθixa/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈθi.xa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ʝaˈsixa/ [ɟ͡ʝaˈsi.xa] (most of Latin America, Philippines)

• Rhymes: -ixa
• Syllabification: ya‧ci‧ja

yacija f (plural yacijas)

1. bed (a place to lie down in, especially one of low quality)
   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los trabajos y los días”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Indiscutiblemente, era cama de archipobre, un deshecho de judería, la yacija más taimada que he conocido.

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2. tomb, sepulture

• “yacija”, 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