agila

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish águila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡila/ [ˈʔa.ɡi.l̪a]
• Hyphenation: a‧gi‧la

Noun

ágila (Basahan spelling ᜀᜄᜒᜎ)

1. eagle

See also

• banog
• salimbagat

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish águila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡila/ [ˈʔa.ɡɪ.l̪ɐ]
• Hyphenation: a‧gi‧la

Noun

ágilá (Badlit spelling ᜀᜄᜒᜎ)

1. eagle

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish águila.

Noun

ágila

1. eagle

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish águila (“eagle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡɪlə/ [ˈäː.ɡɪ.lə]
• Hyphenation: a‧gi‧la

Noun

ágila

1. eagle

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish águila.

Noun

agila

1. eagle

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Adjective

agila

1. feminine singular of agil

Spanish

Verb

agila

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of agir combined with la

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish águila (“eagle”), from Latin aquila. The sense “fish corral” is due to its shape resembling an eagle with its wings open.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡila/ [ˌʔaː.ɣɪˈla]
• Rhymes: -aɡila
• Syllabification: a‧gi‧la
• Homophone: Aguila

Noun

ágilá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜒᜎ)

1. eagle

   Synonym: banoy

2. (fishing) kind of shallow-water fish corral provided with a semicircular enclosure having two opposite, tapering ends that lead into two pounds

Derived terms

• agilang Amerikano
• matang-agila
• tukang-agila

Related terms

• agilenyo
• Aguila
• Aquilino

See also

• haribon
• lawin

Further reading

• “agila”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “agila”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 18

Anagrams

• Aliga