# pulga
## Asturian
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”).

### Noun

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pulga, from the hypothetical Vulgar Latin *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpulɡa/ [ˈpuɫ.ɣ̞ɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈpulɡa/ [ˈpuɫ.ɣ̞ɐ]
* IPA: (gheada) /ˈpulħa/ [ˈpuɫ.ħɐ]
* Rhymes: -ulɡa
* Rhymes: -ulɡa
* Rhymes: -ulħa
* Hyphenation: pul‧ga

### Noun

pulga f (plural pulgas)
* flea (a small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities)
* sand flea; sandhopper
    Synonyms: pulga da area, piollo pato

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pulga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pulga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pulga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pulga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ladino
### Etymology

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

### Noun

pulga f (Hebrew spelling פולגה)
* flea (a small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities)
** 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎, Editions Vidas Largas, page 221:La limpyeza era el fetcho de una banda de perros errantes, flakos i yenos de pulgas ke se kargavan de desbarasar los montones de suzyeda.Cleanliness was in a pack of stray dogs’ [best] interest, as they were weak and lousy from so much filth.

### References

* ↑ “pulga”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”). Cognate with Old Spanish pulga.

### Noun

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

#### Descendants

* Galician: pulga
* Portuguese: pulga

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pulga”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pulga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”). Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese pulga.

### Noun

pulga f (plural pulgas)
* flea (a small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities)
** ca. 1320, Juan Manuel, Libro del cavallero et del escudero:los piojos las pulgas et las çismes et las formigas et sus semejanteslice, fleas, bedbugs, ants, and the like

#### Descendants

* Ladino: pulga, פולגה
* Spanish: pulga

### References

* ↑ Compton, James Donald. 1965. A linguistic study of the Libro del cavallero et del escudero of Don Juan Manuel in manuscript 6376 of the National Library of Madrid, Spain. Thesis, University of Wisconsin. Page 80.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pulga, from the hypothetical Vulgar Latin *pūlica, from Latin pūlex (“flea”), from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpuw.ɡɐ/ [ˈpuʊ̯.ɡɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpuw.ɡɐ/ [ˈpuʊ̯.ɡɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpuw.ɡa/ [ˈpuʊ̯.ɡa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpul.ɡɐ/ [ˈpuɫ.ɣɐ]
* Hyphenation: pul‧ga

### Noun

pulga f (plural pulgas)
* flea (a small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities)
    Synonyms: púlex, pulgo, púlice, sifonáptero

#### Derived terms

* antipulgas
* mercado das pulgas
* pulga atrás da orelha
* pulga-comum
* pulga-d'água
* pulga-d'anta
* pulga-de-água
* pulga-de-anta
* pulga-de-areia
* pulga-do-mar
* pulga-penetrante
* pulgão-branco
* pulgão-lanígero

#### Related terms

* pulgão
* pulgo
* pulgoso
* pulguedo
* pulgueira
* pulgueiro
* pulguento

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpulɡa/ [ˈpul.ɣ̞a]
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* Rhymes: -ulɡa
* Syllabification: pul‧ga

### Noun

pulga f (plural pulgas, diminutive pulguita)
* flea (a small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities)
* (US, colloquial) flea market
    Synonyms: mercado de las pulgas, rastrillo, mercadillo
* (Spain) small sandwich; filled bread roll
* (uncountable) tiddlywinks
    Synonyms: juego de la pulga, pulga saltarina

#### Derived terms

* a perro flaco, todo son pulgas
* buscar las pulgas
* cada quien tiene su manera de matar pulgas
* hacer de una pulga un camello
* hacer de una pulga un elefante
* juego de la pulga
* mercado de pulgas
* pulga saltarina
* pulgoso
* pulguicida
* pulguiento
* tener malas pulgas

#### See also

* garrapata (“tick”)

### Further reading

* “pulga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10