áquila

Portuguese

Etymology

Scientific learned borrowing from Latin aquila. Doublet of águia, which was inherited.

Noun

áquila f (plural áquilas)

1. (zoology, ornithology) true eagle (bird of the genus Aquila)

Further reading

• “áquila”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “áquila”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025