What does águia in Portuguese mean?

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

The word águia in Portuguese means eagle, águia, águia careca, águia-de-asa-redonda, olhos de águia, águia dourada, águia-pesqueira, olhos de lince, emblema de águia. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word águia

eagle

substantivo feminino (ave predadora)

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

águia

noun (bird) (pássaro)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
A águia sobrevoou o céu.
The eagle soared in the sky.

águia careca

noun (North American bird of prey)

A águia careca é o símbolo nacional dos Estados Unidos.
The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States.

águia-de-asa-redonda

noun (US (type of vulture)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)
Several buzzards circled the dying animal.

olhos de águia

noun (figurative (keen observation) (fig, observação)

O olhos de águia de Ray logo perceberam os erros no texto.
Ray's eagle eye soon picked out the errors in the text.

águia dourada

noun (large bird of prey) (grande ave de rapina)

Golden eagles sometimes swoop down on lambs.

águia-pesqueira

noun (bird of prey) (ave de rapina)

(substantivo feminino: Substantivo exclusivamente feminino. Ex. "atriz", "menina", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "batata frita", "garrafa d'água", etc.)

olhos de lince

noun (figurative (keen powers of observation) (figurado)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)
He has a sharp eye for spelling mistakes.

emblema de águia

noun (US (American Civil War emblem) (emblema da guerra civil norte-americana)

(substantivo masculino: Substantivo exclusivamente masculino. Ex. "ator", "menino", etc. Aqui encaixam-se também os substantivos compostos compostos. Ex. "carrinho de mão", "guarda-chuva", etc.)

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