noun, feminine/aˈɡuxa/plural: agujas
needle; hand (of a clock); firing pin; spire, steeple; glaive
“¿Tiene usted una aguja para coser estos botones?” — Do you have a needle to sew on these buttons?
Synonyms: saeta, manecilla, lanza, peine de Venus
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der. Proto-Italic *akus Latin acus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula Late Latin acūcula Old Spanish aguja Spanish aguja Inherited from Old Spanish aguja, from Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”). Compare Sicilian agugghia.