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pulga meaning in English

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pulga noun
{f}

flea [fleas](parasitic insect)
noun
[UK: fliː] [US: ˈfliː]
My dog has fleas. = Mi perro tiene pulgas.

tiddlywinks(competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs as possible into a container)
noun
[UK: ˈtɪd.lɪ.wɪŋks] [US: ˈtɪd.lə.wɪŋks]

pulga de agua noun
{f}

water flea(crustacean of the order Cladocera)
noun
[UK: ˈwɔː.tə(r) fliː] [US: ˈwɒ.tər ˈfliː]

pulga del mar noun
{f}

sand crab [sand crabs](crab of the Hippoidea superfamily)
noun
[UK: sænd kræb] [US: ˈsænd ˈkræb]

pulga saltarina noun
{f}

tiddlywinks(competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs as possible into a container)
noun
[UK: ˈtɪd.lɪ.wɪŋks] [US: ˈtɪd.lə.wɪŋks]

pulgada noun
{f}

inch [inches](unit of length)
noun
[UK: ɪntʃ] [US: ˈɪntʃ]
A foot is twelve inches. = Un pie son doce pulgadas.

pulgar noun
{m}

thumb [thumbs](digit)
noun
[UK: ˈθʌm] [US: ˈθʌm]
I pricked my thumb with a needle. = Me pinché el pulgar con una aguja.

Pulgarcita proper noun
{f}

Thumbelina(a thumb-sized girl, the main character of a fairy tale)
proper noun

Pulgarcito proper noun
{m}

Tom Thumb(the thumb-sized hero of a fairy tale)
proper noun
[UK: tɒm ˈθʌm] [US: ˈtɑːm ˈθʌm]

cada quien tiene su manera de matar pulgas phrase

there's more than one way to skin a cat(a problem generally has more than one solution; there is more than one way to achieve a goal)
phrase

cazampulga noun
{f}

black widow [black widows](species of venomous spider)
noun
[UK: blæk ˈwɪ.dəʊ] [US: ˈblæk ˈwɪdo.ʊ]

espulgar verb

delouse [deloused, delousing, delouses](to remove lice from)
verb
[UK: ˌdiː.ˈlaʊs] [US: ˌdiː.ˈlaʊs]

hacer de una pulga un elefante verb

make a mountain out of a molehill(to treat a problem as greater than it is)
verb

juego de la pulga noun
{m}

tiddlywinks(competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs as possible into a container)
noun
[UK: ˈtɪd.lɪ.wɪŋks] [US: ˈtɪd.lə.wɪŋks]

todo son pulgas phrase

it never rains but it pours(unfortunate events occur in quantity)
phrase
[UK: ɪt ˈne.və(r) reɪnz bʌt ɪt pɔːz] [US: ˈɪt ˈne.vər ˈreɪnz ˈbət ˈɪt ˈpɔːrz]

uña del pulgar noun
{m}

thumbnail [thumbnails](fingernail on the thumb)
noun
[UK: ˈθʌm.neɪl] [US: ˈθʌm.ˌnel]