amiga

See also: amigá

English

Etymology

From Spanish amiga (female friend).

Noun

amiga (plural amigas)

  1. (Latin American) A female friend.

Anagrams

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmiɡa/ [aˈmi.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: a‧mi‧ga

Noun

amiga f (plural amigues)

  1. female equivalent of amigu

Further reading

  • “amigu” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin amīca.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈmi.ɣə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈmi.ɣa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡa

Noun

amiga f (plural amigues)

  1. female equivalent of amic

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish amiga (female friend), from Latin amīca.

Noun

amiga

  1. a female friend
  2. (obsolete) an address to a female friend

Galician

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /aˈmiɡa/ [ɐˈmi.ɣ̞ɐ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /aˈmiħa/ [ɐˈmi.ħɐ]

 
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Rhymes: -iħa

  • Hyphenation: a‧mi‧ga

Noun

amiga f (plural amigas)

  1. female equivalent of amigo

Adjective

amiga

  1. feminine singular of amigo

Further reading

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈmiɣo]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

amiga f (plural amigas)

  1. female equivalent of amic

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmi.ɡɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmi.ɡa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈmi.ɡɐ/ [ɐˈmi.ɣɐ]

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmi.ɡa/
  • Hyphenation: a‧mi‧ga

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese amiga, from Latin amīca.

Noun

amiga f (plural amigas)

  1. female equivalent of amigo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

amiga

  1. inflection of amigar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmiɡa/ [aˈmi.ɣ̞a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: a‧mi‧ga

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin amīca.

Noun

amiga f (plural amigas)

  1. female equivalent of amigo, friend
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amiga

  1. inflection of amigar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish amiga, from Latin amīca.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈmiɡa/ [ʔɐˈmiː.ɣɐ]
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: a‧mi‧ga

Noun

amiga (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜄ)

  1. female equivalent of amigo: female friend; lady friend

Further reading

  • amiga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 30