pulga

Meaning

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

Concepts

flea

chigger

chip

fleas

Siphonaptera

aphaniptera

bug

🐛

chigoe flea

Synonyms

Siphonaptera

pulgas

pulga-do-homem

pulga-do-rato

aphaniptera

Translations

puce

pulga

Floh

pulce

vlo

puça

ψύλλος

pire

pulex

برغوث

kêç

piuse

pūlex

بُرْغُوث

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpuw.ɡɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: 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”).