hereje

Borrowed from Old Occitan eretge, from Medieval Latin herēticus, from Ancient Greek αἱρετικός (hairetikós, “able to choose”). Doublet of herético. Compare Portuguese herege.

• IPA^(key): /eˈɾexe/ [eˈɾe.xe]
• Rhymes: -exe
• Syllabification: he‧re‧je

hereje m or f (masculine and feminine plural herejes)

1. heretic
2. (colloquial, Latin America) disrespectful
3. (colloquial, Latin America) hard (severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal)

hereje m or f by sense (plural herejes)

1. heretic

• “hereje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014