agulha

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese agulla, from Vulgar Latin *acūcla < *acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Portugal" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [ɐˈɡuʎɐ]
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Brazil" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [aˈɡuʎa]
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Caipira" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [aˈɡuja]
  • Hyphenation: a‧gu‧lha

Noun

agulha f (plural s)

  1. needle (implement for sewing)
  2. needle (thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph)
  3. (botany) pine needle
  4. (architecture) spire (tapering structure built on a roof or tower)
  5. (rail transport) switch; point (movable section of railroad track)
  6. (figurative) piquancy

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:agulha.

Synonyms

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