águila

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See also: aguila, Aguila, Águila, and àguila

Asturian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin aquila.

Noun[edit]

águila f (plural águiles)

  1. eagle

Mirandese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin aquila.

Noun[edit]

águila f (plural águilas)

  1. eagle

Synonyms[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Águila

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Spanish aguila, from Latin aquila. Cognate with French aigle, Italian aquila and Portuguese águia.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɡila/ [ˈa.ɣ̞i.la]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡila
  • Syllabification: á‧gui‧la

Noun[edit]

águila f (plural águilas)

  1. eagle
  2. (heraldry) eagle
  3. (figurative) crack; whizz; shrewd person
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:
      Cuando indirectamente se le hacía reconocer su condición, él replicaba con mansedumbre pascual que su esposa padecía de los nervios, y ante argumentos de tal solidez científica, no cabía sino el silencio.
      Sin embargo, para sus intereses era un águila.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes[edit]

  • Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
    el águila, un águila
  • They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

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Descendants[edit]

  • → Cebuano: agila
  • → Hiligaynon: agila
  • → Tagalog: agila

Further reading[edit]

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