migas
Spanish, noun
migas is spelled M-I-G-A-S (5 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 25,923rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Migas is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “A traditional Iberian dish consisting of leftover bread and various ingredients” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of miga. With an accent, migás is a different word: “second-person singular voseo present indicative of migar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Plato hecho a base de la miga (interior) del pan, o sémola de trigo, con torreznos y añadidos al gusto o…”.
What does migas mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplural of miga
- 2
feminineA traditional Iberian dish consisting of leftover bread and various ingredients.
verb
- 1
second-person singular present indicative of migar
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo present indicative of migar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plato hecho a base de la miga (interior) del pan, o sémola de trigo, con torreznos y añadidos al gusto o según la variante de cada región.
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.
How common is migas in Spanish?
migas appears 1.6 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).