agulhão
Portuguese, noun/a.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/
agulhão is spelled A-G-U-L-H-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese, the 191,310th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agulhão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “needlefish (slender marine fish in the family Belonidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does agulhão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneedlefish (slender marine fish in the family Belonidae)
- 2
masculineswordfish (Xiphias gladius)
- 3
masculinea sharp rock in a riverbed
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of agulhão
- agulhões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agulhão?
- Brazil /a.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [a.ɡuˈʎɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐ.ɡuˈʎɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to agulhão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is agulhão in Portuguese?
agulhão appears about once in every 46 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).