migaja

Spanish

Etymology

From Iberian Vulgar Latin *mīcacula, from Latin mīca (“crumb”) + -cula (diminutive suffix). By surface analysis, miga +‎ -aja. Compare Portuguese migalha, Galician migalla.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miˈɡaxa/ [miˈɣ̞a.xa]
Rhymes: -axa
Syllabification: mi‧ga‧ja

Noun

migaja f (plural migajas)

crumb
Synonym: miga
(figurative) a small amount

Derived terms

Further reading

“migaja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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