águia
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- aguia (pre-reform spelling)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aguya, from Latin aquila (“eagle”), feminine of aquilus (“dark-coloured”). Doublet of áquila, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡi.ɐ/ [ˈa.ɡɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈa.ɡjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡi.a/ [ˈa.ɡɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˈa.ɡja/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡjɐ/ [ˈa.ɣjɐ]
- Hyphenation: á‧gui‧a
Noun
águia f (plural águias)
- eagle (any of several large carnivorous birds in the family Accipitridae)
- eagle (representation of such an eagle (bird) carried as an emblem)
- (heraldry) eagle (representation of such a bird on a coat of arms)
- (figurative) a born leader
Derived terms
- águia-africana
- águia-alvinegra
- águia-americana
- águia-aña
- águia-audaz
- águia-bailarina
- águia-caçadeira
- águia-calçada
- águia-calva
- águia-careca
- águia-chilena
- águia-cingalesa
- águia-cinzenta
- águia-cobreira
- águia-da-celebes
- águia-da-papua
- águia-da-pomerânia
- águia-da-savana
- águia-das-estepes
- águia-das-filipinas
- águia-das-molucas
- águia-de-asa-redonda
- águia-de-ayres
- águia-de-barriga-ruiva
- águia-de-bonelli
- águia-de-cabeça-branca
- águia-de-crista
- águia-de-haast
- águia-de-verraux
- águia-dominó
- águia-dourada
- águia-gritadeira
- águia-imperial-ibérica
- águia-imperial-oriental
- águia-mugeira
- águia-negra-africana
- águia-pequena
- águia-pescadora
- águia-pesqueira
- águia-pesqueira-africana
- águia-pomarina
- águia-rabalva
- águia-rapace
- águia-real
- águia-real-europeia
- águia-solitária
Related terms
Further reading
- “águia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “águia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025