agulha

From Old Portuguese agulla, from Vulgar Latin *acūcla < *acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): [ɐˈɡuʎɐ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [aˈɡuʎa]
• (Caipira) IPA^(key): [aˈɡuja]
• Hyphenation: a‧gu‧lha

agulha f (plural agulhas)

1. needle (implement for sewing)
2. needle (thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph)
3. (botany) pine needle
4. (architecture) spire (tapering structure built on a roof or tower)
5. (rail transport) switch; point (movable section of railroad track)
6. (figuratively) piquancy

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:agulha.

• (spire): flecha