aguja
Chavacano
Etymology
Inherited from Spanish aguja, from Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɡuxa/, [aˈɡu.xa]
- Hyphenation: a‧gu‧ja
Spanish
Aguja de coser (sewing needle)
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-. Compare Sicilian agugghia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɡuxa/ [aˈɣ̞u.xa]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -uxa
- Syllabification: a‧gu‧ja
Noun
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
- Venus comb
- Synonym: peine de Venus
- glaive
- (railroad) switch
Derived terms
- aguja colipinta
- aguja de arria
- aguja de bitácora
- aguja de enjalmar
- aguja de ensalmar
- aguja de fogón
- aguja de gancho
- aguja de marcar
- aguja de marear
- aguja de mechar
- aguja de media
- aguja de pastor
- aguja de punto
- aguja de tejer
- aguja en un pajar
- agujazo
- agujero
- agujeta
- agujón
- cuartear la aguja
- en el sentido de las agujas del reloj
- en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj
- guardagujas
- tacón de aguja
- zapato de aguja
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “aguja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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