águia
Portuguese
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Alternative forms
- aguia (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese aguya, from Latin aquila (“eagle”), feminine of aquilus (“dark-coloured”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: á‧gui‧a
Noun
águia f (plural s)
- eagle (any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae)
- eagle (representation of such an eagle (bird) carried as an emblem)
- (heraldry) eagle (representation of such a bird on a coat of arms)
- (figurative) a born leader
- Seu filho é uma águia, Sra. Cohen!
- You son is a born leader, Mrs. Cohen!
- Seu filho é uma águia, Sra. Cohen!
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
- águia-calçada
- águia-chilena
- águia-cinzenta
- águia-cobreira
- águia-das-estepes
- águia-das-filipinas
- águia-de-asa-redonda
- águia-de-bonelli
- águia-de-cabeça-branca
- águia-de-haast
- águia-de-verraux
- águia-dourada
- águia-gritadeira
- águia-imperial-ibérica
Related terms
Categories:
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Heraldic charges
- pt:Birds