nigua
Spanish, noun/ˈniɡwa/
nigua is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “chigoe, jigger (Tunga penetrans)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Tunga penetrans) Pequeño insecto parásito común en climas tropicales, cuyas hembras crían bajo la piel…”.
What does nigua mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechigoe, jigger (Tunga penetrans)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Tunga penetrans) Pequeño insecto parásito común en climas tropicales, cuyas hembras crían bajo la piel humana y de algunos mamíferos, ocasionando intenso prurito. En parasitología se le conoce como tungiasis.
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 nigua
- niguas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nigua?
- /ˈniɡwa/
- [ˈni.ɣ̞wa]
- [ˈniɣ̞wa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nigua
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nigua in Spanish?
nigua appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).