agila

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish águila.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ágilá (Badlit spelling ᜀᜄᜒᜎ)

1. eagle

Central Bikol

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

Hiligaynon

An eagle.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish águila.

Noun

ágila

1. eagle

Kapampangan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish águila (“eagle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡɪlə/ [ˈa.ɡɪ.lə]
• Rhymes: -aɡilə
• Hyphenation: a‧gi‧la

Noun

ágila

1. eagle

Maranao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish águila.

Noun

agila

1. eagle

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

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

Etymology tree

Latin aquila

Old Spanish aguila

Spanish águilabor.

Tagalog agila

Borrowed from Spanish águila (“eagle”), from Old Spanish aguila, 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.ɣ̠ɪˈla]
• 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, 2025
• “agila”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 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