pulga
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pulga
Asturian
Etymology
From the hypothetical Vulgar Latin word *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”).
Noun
pulga f (plural pulgues)
- flea (parasitic insect)
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pulga, from the hypothetical Vulgar Latin word *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pul‧ga
Noun
pulga f (plural pulgas)
- flea
- sand flea, sandhopper
- Synonyms: pulga da area, piollo pato
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pulga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pulga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pulga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pulga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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
- Hyphenation: pul‧ga
Noun
pulga f (plural pulgas)
- flea (parasitic insect)
- Synonyms: púlex, pulgo, púlice, sifonáptero
Derived terms
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish pulga, from Vulgar Latin *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (whence English puce), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis.
Pronunciation
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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10