pulga

From the hypothetical Vulgar Latin word *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”).

pulga f (plural pulgues)

1. flea (parasitic insect)

From Old Galician-Portuguese pulga, from the hypothetical Vulgar Latin word *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpulɣɐ]

pulga f (plural pulgas)

1. flea
2. sand flea, sandhopper

   Synonyms: pulga da area, piollo pato

• “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.

From Old Galician-Portuguese pulga, from the hypothetical Vulgar Latin word *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”), from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”).

• Hyphenation: pul‧ga

pulga f (plural pulgas)

1. flea (parasitic insect)

   Synonyms: púlex, pulgo, púlice, sifonáptero

Inherited from Old Spanish pulga, from Vulgar Latin *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (whence English puce), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulɡa/ [ˈpul.ɣ̞a]

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• Rhymes: -ulɡa
• Syllabification: pul‧ga

pulga f (plural pulgas)

1. flea
2. (colloquial, US) flea market

   Synonyms: mercado de las pulgas, rastrillo, mercadillo

3. (Spain) small sandwich; filled bread roll
4. (uncountable) tiddlywinks

   Synonyms: juego de la pulga, pulga saltarina

• garrapata (“tick”)

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