peixe-agulha

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpe(j).ʃi.aˈɡu.ʎɐ/ [ˌpe(ɪ̯).ʃi.aˈɡu.ʎɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpe(j).ʃi.aˈɡu.ʎɐ/ [ˌpe(ɪ̯).ʃi.aˈɡu.ʎɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpe(j).ʃe.aˈɡu.ʎa/ [ˌpe(ɪ̯).ʃe.aˈɡu.ʎa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɐj.ʃ‿ɐˈɡu.ʎɐ/ [ˌpɐj.ʃ‿ɐˈɣu.ʎɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɐj.ʃ‿ɐˈɡu.ʎɐ/ [ˌpɐj.ʃ‿ɐˈɣu.ʎɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpej.ʃ‿ɐˈɡu.ʎɐ/ [ˌpej.ʃ‿ɐˈɣu.ʎɐ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpej.ʃ‿ɐˈɡu.ʎɐ/ [ˌpej.ʃ‿ɐˈɣu.ʎɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpe.ʃ‿ɐˈɡu.ʎɐ/ [ˌpe.ʃ‿ɐˈɣu.ʎɐ]

• Hyphenation: pei‧xe‧-a‧gu‧lha

Noun

peixe-agulha m (plural peixes-agulha or peixes-agulhas)

1. garfish; needlefish (any of the slender marine fish of family Belonidae)

Further reading

• “peixe-agulha”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “peixe-agulha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026