pulga

Meaning

1. (feminine) flea (a small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities)
2. (US, colloquial, feminine) flea market
3. (Spain, feminine) small sandwich; filled bread roll
4. (feminine, uncountable) tiddlywinks

Concepts

flea

bug

🐛

chip

insect

see de malas pulgas

see tener malas pulgas

chigoe flea

hemipteran

chigger

Synonyms

insecto

puta

chip

nigua

usted y yo

hemíptero

Translations

Floh

pulce

puce

pulga

vlo

ψύλλος

pire

puça

pulex

برغوث

kêç

piuse

pūlex

κορέοι

Hyphenated as

pul‧ga

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpulɡa/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: pulga

Cognate with English: puce

In summary

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