plaga
Spanish, noun
plaga is spelled P-L-A-G-A (5 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,952nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Plaga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “plague” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of plagar. With an accent, plagá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of plagar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de insectos, roedores, bacterias o cualquier ser vivo que se encuentra en una densidad tal que puede…”.
What does plaga mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplague
- 2
femininenuisance
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of plagar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Conjunto de insectos, roedores, bacterias o cualquier ser vivo que se encuentra en una densidad tal que puede dañar o constituir una amenaza para el ser humano y su bienestar. 2. Daño grave, calamidad, problema serio o enfermedad. 3. Abundancia de un agente o elemento dañino o nocivo.
noun: 1. Espacio comprendido entre dos elementos paralelos. 2. Línea direccional que se traza en el horizonte.
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 plaga
- plagas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to plaga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is plaga in Spanish?
plaga appears 6.5 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).