águila

See also: aguila and àguila

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin aquila.

Noun

águila f (plural águiles)

1. eagle

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Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin aquila.

Noun

águila f (plural águilas)

1. eagle

Synonyms

• aila

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Spanish

Águila

Etymology

From Old Spanish aguila, from Latin aquila.

• Cognate with French aigle, Italian aquila, Portuguese águia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡila/, [ˈaɣila]

Noun

águila f (plural águilas)

1. eagle
2. (heraldry) eagle

Usage notes

• The feminine noun águila is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el águila

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Hyponyms

• águila harpía
• águila parda
• águila pescadora
• águila real

Derived terms

• aguilar
• aguileño
• aguilera
• aguililla
• aguilita
• aguilucho

Further reading

• “águila” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.