Aguda

See also: aguda, agudă, and aguɖã

Tagalog

Etymology

Ultimately from Spanish aguda, feminine form of agudo (“sharp, keen”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈɡuda/ [ʔɐˈɣu.dɐ]
  • Rhymes: -uda
  • Syllabification: A‧gu‧da

Proper noun

Aguda (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜓᜇ)

  1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics
  • According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Aguda is the 2,236th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 5,285 individuals.

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese algodão.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /à.ɡù.dà/

Proper noun

Àgùdà

  1. (historical) Afro-Brazilian Yoruba people who were sold into slavery and upon being freed returned to Nigeria, often characterized by the maintaning of Portuguese names
  2. Catholic (many Afro-Brazilian returnees were Catholic)
  3. Portuguese people

Derived terms
  • Àgùdà ò jẹ lábẹ́ Gẹ̀ẹ́sì
  • ìjọ Àgùdà (“Catholic Church”)
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