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saiga

Spanish, noun/ˈsaiɡa/

saiga is spelled S-A-I-G-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 114,759th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saiga is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “saiga” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Saiga tatarica) Antílope de las estepas”.

What does saiga mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinesaiga

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. (Saiga tatarica) Antílope de las estepas.

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 saiga

  • saigas plural

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

How do you pronounce saiga?

  • /ˈsaiɡa/
  • [ˈsai̯.ɣ̞a]
  • [ˈsajɣ̞a]

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

English words that translate to saiga

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

How common is saiga in Spanish?

saiga appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.

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

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