aguja
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *acūcla (“needle”, root) < *acūcula, hypothetical diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-.
- Cognate with French aiguille, Italian agucchia, Galician agulla, Portuguese agulha, Catalan agulla
- Compare English aglet, aiglet.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aguja f (plural agujas)
- needle
- ¿Tiene usted una aguja para coser estos botones?
- Do you have a needle to sew on these buttons?
- hand (of a clock)
- (military) firing pin
- (architecture) spire, steeple
- (botany) Venus' comb
- Synonym: peine de Venus
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Copainalá Zoque: acuša
- → Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱co̱xaj
- → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: acoxa
- → Tagalog: aguha
- → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: öcuxa
Further reading[edit]
- “aguja” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Categories:
- Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- Spanish terms with usage examples
- es:Military
- es:Architecture
- es:Plants
- es:Sewing