callejuela

alley, narrow lane

noun kah-yeh-HWEH-lah Rare

Usage Note

Callejuela is a diminutive of calle (street) denoting a very narrow, often winding back street. It conveys both small size and, frequently, a sense of being cramped or labyrinthine. The word appears in urban descriptions of old city quarters (el casco antiguo) and can carry atmospheric connotations of mystery or seediness.

Examples

"Nos perdimos en las callejuelas del casco antiguo."

Natural Translation

We got lost in the narrow lanes of the old town.

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