miga
Portuguese, noun/ˈmi.ɡɐ/
miga is spelled M-I-G-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 53,784th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Miga is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “crumb (small piece of bread, biscuit, cake, etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que migalha”.
What does miga mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecrumb (small piece of bread, biscuit, cake, etc)
- 2
femininea traditional Iberian dish consisting of leftover bread and various ingredients
noun
- 1
femininefemale friend
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que migalha 2. amigo (serve para interpelar alguém) 3. amiga (forma carinhosa); feminino de migo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of miga
- migas plural
- migo masculine
- migos masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce miga?
- Brazil /ˈmi.ɡɐ/
- Portugal /ˈmi.ɡɐ/
- Portugal [ˈmi.ɣɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is miga in Portuguese?
miga appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).