majo

majo, -a

adjective

1. (informal)

2. nice (simpático) (peninsular Spanish)

3. pretty (bonito)

4. (como apelativo)

masculine or feminine noun

5. = lower-class native of 18th-19th century Madrid, characterized by colourful traditional dress and proud manner

majoa maja

adjective

(España)

1 [+persona] (agradable) nice; (guapo) attractive; good-looking

2 [+cosa] nice

¡qué blusa tan maja! what a nice blouse!

3 (uso apelativo)

¡hola maja! ¿qué tal te va? hello, love! how's things?; oye, majo, haz el favor de callarte do me a favour, will you just shut up?

(Hist) inhabitant of the working-class neighbourhoods of Madrid in the 18th and 19th centuries