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aguilhada.

goad, a rod used to drive cattle

9 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/a.ɡiˈʎa.dɐ/Brazil/ɐ.ɡiˈʎa.dɐ/Portugal[ɐ.ɣiˈʎa.ðɐ]Portugal/ɐ.ɡiˈʎa.dɐ/Portugal
  1. goad, a rod used to drive cattle

    feminine
  2. aguilhada, a former unit of land area equal to about 480 m²

    feminine · historical
  3. legs

    Azores · feminine · plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese aguillon (“sting”) + -ada (“-ing, -er: forming nouns related to striking”), attested in the 13th century Cantigas de Santa Maria, from aculeus (“sting”). Doublet of aguilhão. Cognate with Galician aguillada.

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