agulheta
Portuguese, noun/ɐ.ɡu.ˈʎe.tɐ/
agulheta is spelled A-G-U-L-H-E-T-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese, the 167,801st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Agulheta is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “aiglet; aglet (tip on a cord or lace)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agulha grande, grossa, achatada e de fundo largo, para enfiar nastros, fitas, cordões etc”.
What does agulheta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaiglet; aglet (tip on a cord or lace)
- 2
femininenozzle (short, tapering tip at the end of a hose)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. agulha grande, grossa, achatada e de fundo largo, para enfiar nastros, fitas, cordões etc. 2. extremidade metállica de cordões, com que se abotôam espartilhos, botas, etc. 3. peça de metal que se atarraxa na extremidade de saída das mangueiras de grande pressão para que o jato de água jorre com mais força e possa ser mais facilmente dirigido 4. bombeiro que trabalha com agulhetas de incêndio
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 agulheta
- agulhetas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce agulheta?
- Portugal /ɐ.ɡu.ˈʎe.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is agulheta in Portuguese?
agulheta appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).