alga
Spanish, noun/ˈalɡa/
alga is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “alga” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Organismo acuático autótrofo –es decir, capaz de fotosíntesis–, sea procarionte o eucarionte. No forman un…”.
What does alga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealga
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Organismo acuático autótrofo –es decir, capaz de fotosíntesis–, sea procarionte o eucarionte. No forman un grupo taxonómico homogéneo, comprendiendo desde organismos unicelulares muy sencillos hasta enormes colonias de decenas de metros de longitud. Se clasifican en al menos nueve filos, de uno de los cuales proceden evolutivamente las plantas propiamente dichas.
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 alga
- algas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alga?
- /ˈalɡa/
- [ˈal.ɣ̞a]
- [ˈalɣ̞a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alga
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alga in Spanish?
alga appears 1.0 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).