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agulha.

needle (implement for sewing)

6 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/aˈɡu.ʎɐ/Brazil/ɐˈɡu.ʎɐ/Portugal[ɐˈɣu.ʎɐ]Portugal/ɐˈɡu.ʎɐ/Portugal, Southern
  1. needle (implement for sewing)

    feminine
  2. needle (thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph)

    feminine
  3. pine needle

    feminine
  4. spire (tapering structure built on a roof or tower)

    feminine
  5. switch; point (movable section of railroad track)

    feminine
  6. piquancy

    feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

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

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