agulha

Meaning

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

Concepts

needle

spire

ballhead pin

hand

✋

phonograph needle

pin

stylus

sewing pin

pointer

saury

sewing needle

🪡

indicator

steeple

acerate leaf

switch

pin tool

garfish

needlefish

billfish

greenbone

halfbeaks

mackerel guide

knitting-needle

needlenose

saury pike

point

Synonyms

flecha

pino

coruchéu

safira

topo

🔝

alfinete

peixe-agulha

agulhão

prego

meia-agulha

peixe-poda

Translations

aguja

aiguille

naald

Nadel

agulla

ago

iğne

acus

βελόνα

épingle

إبرة

derzî

puntina

guglia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aˈɡu.ʎɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese agulla, from Late Latin acūcula, a diminutive of Latin acus (“needle, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).