águila

/ˈaɡila/ · B1 · noun · f

eagle

águila — eagle

🦅 From Latin aquila, the root of aquiline, meaning hooked like an eagle's beak

Latin aquila became Spanish águila (eagle), with the qu softening to g. English kept the Latin form: Aquila is the Eagle constellation. Slang meanings like crack or shrewd person follow from sharp as an eagle.

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