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noun, feminine

roja

/ˈroxa/

noun, feminine/ˈroxa/plural: rojas

female equivalent of rojo (“Red; communist”); the Chile national football team; the Spain national football team

* (Spanish national football team): The nickname "La Roja" was created by the then manager Luis Aragonés. He said "I would like the national team to have a name, an identity. Just as Brazil is the canarinha or Argentina the albiceleste, I would like Spain to be La Roja"