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mega

Spanish, noun/ˈmeɡa/

mega is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “clipping of megabyte” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of mego.

What does mega mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineclipping of megabyte

adjective

  1. 1

    femininefeminine singular of mego

prefix

as mega-
  1. 1

    mega- (big, large)

  2. 2

    mega- (SI prefix multiplying the unit by 10⁶)

  3. 3

    mebi- (IEC prefix multiplying the unit by 2²⁰)

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 la multiplicación por un factor de 10⁶. Su símbolo es M. 2. Prefijo utilizado para denotar un factor de 2²⁰ (= 1 048 576).

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 mega

  • megas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mega?

  • /ˈmeɡa/
  • [ˈme.ɣ̞a]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to mega

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is mega in Spanish?

mega appears 12 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).