águila

See also: aguila, Aguila, Águila, and àguila

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡila/, [ˈa.ɣ̞i.la]

Noun

águila f (plural águiles)

1. Alternative form of aigla

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin aquila.

Noun

águila f (plural águilas)

1. eagle

Synonyms

• aila

Spanish

Águila

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish aguila, from Latin aquila. Cognate with French aigle, Italian aquila, Portuguese águia and Romanian aceră.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡila/ [ˈa.ɣ̞i.la]

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• Rhymes: -aɡila
• Syllabification: á‧gui‧la

Noun

águila f (plural águilas)

1. eagle
2. (heraldry) eagle
3. (figurative) crack; whizz; shrewd person
   • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:

     Cuando indirectamente se le hacía reconocer su condición, él replicaba con mansedumbre pascual que su esposa padecía de los nervios, y ante argumentos de tal solidez científica, no cabía sino el silencio.
     Sin embargo, para sus intereses era un águila.

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Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like águila take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el águila. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al águila, del águila.

These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un águila or una águila. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) must be used: la mejor águila, una buena águila.

• If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el águila única, un(a) águila buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.

Hyponyms

• águila calzada
• águila harpía
• águila moteada
• águila parda
• águila perdicera
• águila pescadora
• águila pomerana
• águila real
• águila volatinera

 

Derived terms

• águila culebrera
• aguilar
• aguileño
• aguilera
• aguililla
• aguilita
• aguilón
• aguilucho
• palo del águila
• piedra del águila
• vista de águila

 

Related terms

• aquilino

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: agila
• → Hiligaynon: agila
• → Tagalog: agila

Further reading

• “águila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10