pulgão

Meaning

aphid (sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea)

Concepts

aphid

plant louse

aphis

greenfly

plant bug

Synonyms

afídeo

afídio

Translations

puceron

Blattlaus

bladluis

afide

μελίγκρα

áfido

pulgón

αφίδα

pidocchio delle piante

afidio

lens olerum

luis

yaprak biti

pugó

Pronounced as (IPA)

/puwˈɡɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: pulgón

Cognate with Spanish: pulgón

In summary

From Vulgar Latin *pūlicōnem, from Latin pūlicem (“flea”). Compare Galician pulgón, Spanish pulgón.