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noun, masculine

haiga

/ˈaiɡa/

noun, masculine/ˈaiɡa/plural: haigas

a huge and flashy motorcar, automobile

From the phrase el coche más grande que haiga (literally “the biggest car there is”). haiga (see the first etymology under this section) is a nonstandard conjugation of the verb haber (the standard form is haya) and is often linked to how a person of low income speaks. Big cars were too linked with low-income individuals who wanted to appear very important, thus haiga became a pejorative name for big cars.

haiga — Spanish Dictionary | Passage