pulga
Asturian
Etymology
From the hypothetical Vulgar Latin word *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”).
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pulga, from the hypothetical Vulgar Latin word *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpulɣɐ]
References
- “pulga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “pulga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “pulga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “pulga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pulga, from the hypothetical Vulgar Latin word *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”), from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpuw.ɡɐ/ [ˈpuʊ̯.ɡɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpuw.ɡa/ [ˈpuʊ̯.ɡa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpul.ɡɐ/ [ˈpuɫ.ɣɐ]
- Hyphenation: pul‧ga
Derived terms
- antipulgas
- pulga atrás da orelha
- pulga-comum
- pulga-d'água
- pulga-d'anta
- pulga-de-água
- pulga-de-anta
- pulga-de-areia
- pulga-do-mar
- pulga-penetrante
- pulgão-branco
- pulgão-lanígero
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish pulga, from Vulgar Latin *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (whence English puce), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpulɡa/ [ˈpul.ɣ̞a]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ulɡa
- Syllabification: pul‧ga
Noun
pulga f (plural pulgas)
- flea
- (colloquial, US) flea market
- Synonyms: mercado de las pulgas, rastrillo, mercadillo
- (Spain) small sandwich; filled bread roll
- (uncountable) tiddlywinks
- Synonyms: juego de la pulga, pulga saltarina
Derived terms
See also
- garrapata (“tick”)
Further reading
- “pulga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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