amiga

See also: amigá

English

Etymology

From Spanish amiga (“female friend”).

Noun

amiga (plural amigas)

1. (Latin American) A female friend.

Related terms

• amigo

Anagrams

• agami

Asturian

Noun

amiga f (plural amigues)

1. female equivalent of amigu

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin amīca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈmi.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈmi.ɣa]

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• Rhymes: -iɡa

Noun

amiga f (plural amigues)

1. female equivalent of amic

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish amiga (“female friend”), from Latin amīca.

Noun

amiga

1. a female friend
2. (obsolete) an address to a female friend

Related terms

• amigo

Galician

Noun

amiga f (plural amigas)

1. female equivalent of amigo

Adjective

amiga

1. feminine singular of amigo

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈmiɣo]

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Noun

amiga f (plural amigas)

1. female equivalent of amic

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmi.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmi.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmi.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmi.ɡɐ/ [ɐˈmi.ɣɐ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmi.ɡa/
• Hyphenation: a‧mi‧ga

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese amiga, from Latin amīca.

Noun

amiga f (plural amigas)

1. female equivalent of amigo

Derived terms

• amigona (augmentative)
• amiguinha (diminutive)

Etymology 2

Verb

amiga

1. inflection of amigar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmiɡa/ [aˈmi.ɣ̞a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: a‧mi‧ga

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin amīca.

Noun

amiga f (plural amigas)

1. female equivalent of amigo, friend

Derived terms

• amiga con derecho a roce
• amiga con derechos
• amiga con ventajas
• amiga por correspondencia

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

amiga

1. inflection of amigar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “amigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• agamí, magia, miagá, miaga