anguía

From Old Galician-Portuguese anguia (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin anguilla. Cognate with Portuguese enguia and Spanish anguila.

• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: an‧guí‧a

anguía f (plural anguías)

1. eel, especially the European eel

   Synonym: airoa

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “anguía”, 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), “anguía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “anguía”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN