agulha
Portuguese, noun/aˈɡu.ʎɐ/
agulha is spelled A-G-U-L-H-A (6 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,139th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agulha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “needle (implement for sewing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “haste fina de metal, aguçada numa ponta e com um orifício onde se enfia a linha, para a costura”.
What does agulha mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineneedle (implement for sewing)
- 2
feminineneedle (thin device for indicating measurements on a dial or graph)
- 3
femininepine needle
- 4
femininespire (tapering structure built on a roof or tower)
- 5
feminineswitch; point (movable section of railroad track)
- 6
femininepiquancy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. haste fina de metal, aguçada numa ponta e com um orifício onde se enfia a linha, para a costura 2. tubo metálico oco de baixo calibre usado para a aplicação de injeções 3. haste com um pequeno gancho para fazer meia, renda ou malha 4. ponteiro de aço magnetizado e que gira sobre um fulcro
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of agulha
- agulhas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agulha?
- Brazil /aˈɡu.ʎɐ/
- Portugal /ɐˈɡu.ʎɐ/
- Portugal [ɐˈɣu.ʎɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to agulha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is agulha in Portuguese?
agulha appears 6.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).