miga

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) crumb (small piece which breaks off from baked food)
2. (feminine) essence, core (most significant feature of something)
3. (feminine) crumb, bit (small amount)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of migar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of migar:

migar

to crumble

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Concepts

crumb

breadcrumb

substance

bit

see hacer buenas mig

Synonyms

migaja

molla

Translations

briciola

miette

mie

mollica

Brotkrume

Krümel

Brösel

Brotkrümel

panure

ψίχουλο

τρίμμα

Krume

molla

ψίχα

midolla

Hyphenated as

mi‧ga

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmiɡa/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: miga

Inherited from Latin: mīca

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish miga, from Latin mīca (“crumb”), from Proto-Italic *smīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *smeyg- (“small, thin, delicate”). Compare the borrowed doublet mica. Cognate with English mica.