pulgas

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish pulgas, plural of pulga, from Vulgar Latin *pulīca, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (compare Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpulɡas/ [ˈpul̪.ɡɐs̪]
  • Hyphenation: pul‧gas

Noun

pulgas (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜎ᜔ᜄᜐ᜔)

  1. flea

Derived terms

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish pulgas, plural of pulga (flea), from Vulgar Latin *pulīca, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (compare Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpulɡas/, [ˈpul.ɡas]
  • Hyphenation: pul‧gas

Noun

pulgas

  1. flea

Galician

Noun

pulgas

  1. plural of pulga

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pulgas, plural of pulga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʊlˈɡas/ [pʊlˈɡäs]
  • Hyphenation: pul‧gas

Noun

pulgas

  1. flea
    Synonym: niknik

Portuguese

Noun

pulgas

  1. plural of pulga

Spanish

Noun

pulgas f pl

  1. plural of pulga

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pulgas, plural of pulga.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pulˈɡas/ [pʊlˈɡas]
  • Rhymes: -as
  • Syllabification: pul‧gas

Noun

pulgás (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ᜔ᜄᜐ᜔)

  1. flea
    Synonyms: kutong-aso, apsing, absing

See also

Further reading