giga
Spanish, noun/ˈxiɡa/
giga is spelled G-I-G-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 61,391st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Giga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “jig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does giga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejig
noun
- 1
masculinegigabyte
prefix
- 1
giga- (SI prefix multiplying the unit by 10⁹)
- 2
gibi- (IEC prefix multiplying the unit by 2³⁰)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. Prefijo utilizado para denotar el multiplicar por un factor de 10⁹ (1 000 000 000). Su símbolo es G.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of giga
- guiga- alternative
- yiga- alternative
- gigas plural
- jiga alternative
- guiga alternative
- yiga alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce giga?
- /ˈxiɡa/
- [ˈxi.ɣ̞a]
- /ˈʝiɡa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to giga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is giga in Spanish?
giga appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).