águila
Spanish

Águila
Etymology
From Old Spanish aguila, from Latin aquila.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɡila/, [ˈaɣila]
Usage notes
- The feminine noun águila is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:
Further reading
- “águila” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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