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pulga.

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

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpulɡa/[ˈpul.ɣ̞a]
  1. flea (a small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities)

    feminine
  2. flea market

    US · colloquial · feminine
  3. small sandwich; filled bread roll

    Spain · feminine
  4. tiddlywinks

    feminine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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