What does pulga in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word pulga in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use pulga in Spanish.

The word pulga in Spanish means flea, small sandwich roll, be bad-tempered, water flea. To learn more, please see the details below.

Listen to pronunciation

Meaning of the word pulga

flea

nombre femenino (insecto parásito)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Hay que desparasitar al perro, está lleno de pulgas.
We have to worm the dog, he is covered with fleas.

small sandwich roll

nombre femenino (ES (bocadillo pequeño)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Una pulga de jamón serrano y una cerveza, por favor.
A small sandwich roll made of cured ham and a beer, please.

be bad-tempered

nombre masculino plural (coloquial (mal carácter)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
No te acerques a Ramón, que hoy tiene malas pulgas.
Don't go near Ramon; he is bad-tempered today.

water flea

locución nominal femenina (pequeño crustáceo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Las pulgas de agua son generalmente de agua dulce.
Water fleas are generally freshwater.

Let's learn Spanish

So now that you know more about the meaning of pulga in Spanish, you can learn how to use them through selected examples and how to read them. And remember to learn the related words that we suggest. Our website is constantly updating with new words and new examples so you can look up the meanings of other words you don't know in Spanish.

Do you know about Spanish

Spanish (español), also known as Castilla, is a language of the Iberian-Romance group of the Romance languages, and the 4th most common language in the world according to Some sources, while others list it as a 2nd or 3rd most common language. It is the mother tongue of about 352 million people, and is spoken by 417 million people when adding its speakers as a language. sub (estimated in 1999). Spanish and Portuguese have very similar grammar and vocabulary; The number of similar vocabulary of these two languages is up to 89%. Spanish is the primary language of 20 countries around the world. It is estimated that the total number of speakers of Spanish is between 470 and 500 million, making it the second most widely spoken language in the world by number of native speakers.