What does ago in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word ago in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use ago in Italian.

The word ago in Italian means needle, needle aspiration, magnetized needle, knitting needle, needle of the scale, needle and thread, magnetic needle, injection needle, crooked needle, look for a needle in a haystack, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word ago

needle

sostantivo maschile (attrezzo da cucito)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Per attaccare un bottone basta saper usare ago e filo.
To secure a button all you need is to be able to use a needle.

needle aspiration

magnetized needle

knitting needle

needle of the scale

needle and thread

sostantivo plurale maschile (strumenti di sartoria)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

magnetic needle

injection needle

crooked needle

look for a needle in a haystack

it is like looking for a needle in a haystack

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Italian (italiano) is a Romance language and is spoken by about 70 million people, most of whom live in Italy. Italian uses the Latin alphabet. The letters J, K, W, X and Y do not exist in the standard Italian alphabet, but they still appear in loanwords from Italian. Italian is the second most widely spoken in the European Union with 67 million speakers (15% of the EU population) and it is spoken as a second language by 13.4 million EU citizens (3%). Italian is the principal working language of the Holy See, serving as the lingua franca in the Roman Catholic hierarchy. An important event that helped to the spread of Italian was Napoleon's conquest and occupation of Italy in the early 19th century. This conquest spurred the unification of Italy several decades later and pushed the language of the Italian language. Italian became a language used not only among secretaries, aristocrats and the Italian courts, but also by the bourgeoisie.