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

Noun

aguja

1. needle

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):

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• Rhymes: -uxa
• Syllabification: a‧gu‧ja

Noun

aguja f (plural agujas)

1. needle

   ¿Tiene usted una aguja para coser estos botones?

   Do you have a needle to sew on these buttons?

2. hand (of a clock)

   Synonyms: saeta, manecilla

3. (military) firing pin
4. (architecture) spire, steeple
5. glaive

   Synonym: lanza

6. (railroad) switch
7. Venus comb

   Synonym: peine de Venus

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

• aguijón

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: aguja
• → Copainalá Zoque: acuša
• → Ladino: alguja
• → Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱co̱xaj
• → Northern Puebla Nahuatl: acoxa
• → Tagalog: aguha
• → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: öcuxa
• → Ye'kwana: makusa

Further reading

• “aguja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28