aguja

/aˈɡuxa/, [aˈɣ̞u.xa]

needle


Noun aguja f (plural agujas)

  1. needle
    ¿Tiene usted una aguja para coser estos botones?
    Do you have a needle to sew on these buttons?
  2. hand (of a clock)
  3. (military) firing pin
  4. (architecture) spire, steeple
  5. (botany) Venus' comb

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Examples
  • Es más fácil que un camello pase por el agujero de una aguja a que un rico entre al Reino de Dios.

    It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

  • Él se lastimó el dedo con una aguja.

    He hurt his finger with a needle.

  • Siempre traigo una aguja en caso de emergencia.

    I always carry a needle in case of an emergency.

  • Eso es como buscar una aguja en un pajar.

    It is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

  • No es fácil enhebrar una aguja.

    It's not easy to thread a needle.

  • ¿No tendrás una aguja y algo de hilo?

    Don't you have a needle and some thread?

  • Mis manos temblaban demasiado para enhebrar la aguja.

    My hands were shaking too much to thread the needle.

  • ¿Tiene una aguja para coser estos botones?

    Do you have a needle to sew on these buttons?

  • ¿Tienes una aguja de coser?

    Do you have a sewing needle?

  • La aguja de la brújula apunta al norte.

    Compass needles point to the north.

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