queja

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complaint

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queja
feminine noun
1complaint (protesta)
  • presentar una queja -> to make o lodge a complaint (formalmente)
  • tener queja de algo/alguien -> to have a complaint about something/somebody
2moan, groan (lamento)

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queja [kay’-hah]
noun
1Complaint, expostulation, murmur, grumbling, moan (quejido). (f)
2Resentment of an injury or insult. (f)
3Quarrel, dispute. (f)
  • Tener una queja de alguno -> (coll.) to have a bone to pick with one
  • Presentar queja de uno -> to make a complaint about somebody

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queja
sustantivo:femenino
1 (reclamación) (gen) complaint; (refunfuñando) grumble; grouse; (familiar) (con rencor) grudge; resentment
una queja infundada an unjustified complaint; presentar una queja to make lodge a complaint;o tener queja de algn to have a complaint to make about sb; tener motivo de queja to have cause for complaint; estoy harto de tus quejas I'm tired of your complaining
2 (gemido) moan; groan
queja de dolor groan of pain
3 (Jur) protest

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