Alhaja
 

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for August 20, 2009

alhaja (feminine noun (la)) — jewel. Look up alhaja in the dictionary

Las alhajas son prendas ornamentales personales, hechas generalmente de piedras y metales preciosos.
Jewelery is an object used for personal adornment, and usually made with gemstones and precious metals.

Alhaja, Arabian word which means a necessary or worthy thing :)

Anyway, in Spain "joya" is a more common word than "alhaja" :)

I was wondering about that. In the Rosetta Stone for LATIN AMERICAN Spanish, they also use "joya" for jewelry. How about those of you from Latin American countries. Which word is more common?

Joya is more common, but it's very important to know synonymns.

Remind me, Poli, what country is your Spanish from?

My Spanish or shall I say attempt at Spanish is local. I was born in The USA

poli's spanish is the worldwide one, which understands caribean, mexican and castillian spanish :D :D

Right. I'm specifically looking for input from people like Angelica & Chileno..... native Latino Spanish speakers....

OK then, I will make sure to ignore you and all your queries:)

NO!!!!! Don't ever ignore me!! Your input is valuable. It's just that sometimes in some specific cases, I'm looking for that specific input. Doh! I need to keep my mouth shut. :)