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puja

bid

noun POO-hah Rare
People & Society Money

Also means

auction bid

Usage Note

Puja is the bid made in an auction (subasta); the act of bidding is pujar. It also appears in the phrase a puja or en puja to describe competitive bidding. Do not confuse with the homophone in some regional dialects; in standard usage it is strictly an auction or tendering term.

Examples

"La puja más alta ganó el cuadro."

Natural Translation

The highest bid won the painting.

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