aguja

Spanish

Aguja de coser (sewing needle)

Etymology

From Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-.

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)
Synonyms: saeta, manecilla
(military) firing pin
(architecture) spire, steeple
(botany) Venus' comb
Synonym: peine de Venus

Derived terms

aguja colipinta
aguja de marear
aguja de punto
aguja de tejer
aguja en un pajar
agujazo
agujero
agujeta
agujón
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

→ Copainalá Zoque: acuša
→ Ladino: alguja
→ Maquiritari: makusa
→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: a̱co̱xaj
→ Northern Puebla Nahuatl: acoxa
→ Tagalog: aguha
→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: öcuxa

Further reading

“aguja”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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