pulga

Significat (Anglès)

flea (a small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities)

Conceptes

puça

Sinònims

Siphonaptera

pulgas

pulga-do-homem

pulga-do-rato

aphaniptera

Traduccions

flea

puce

pulga

Floh

vlo

pulce

ψύλλος

pire

pulex

برغوث

kêç

piuse

pūlex

بُرْغُوث

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpuw.ɡɐ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de llatí: pūlex

In summary

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