agulleta

From agulla (“needle”) +‎ -eta.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ɣuˈʎɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ɣuˈʎə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ɣuˈʎe.ta]

agulleta f (plural agulletes)

1. (ichthyology) pipefish (fish of the genus Syngnathus)
2. (in the plural, Castilianism) stiffness, sore muscles

   Synonym: cruiximent

• agulleta de riu

• “agulleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “agulleta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “agulleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Attested since circa 1750. From agulla +‎ -eta. Compare Portuguese agulheta, Spanish agujeta and French aiguillette.

• agolleta

• IPA^(key): [aɣuˈʎetɐ]

agulleta f (plural agulletas)

1. shoelace

   Synonyms: amalló, cordón

2. cord, aiguillette

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “agulleta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “agulleta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “agulleta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

agulleta

1. inflection of agulletar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative