anguila

Inherited from Latin anguīlla.

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡila/ [aŋˈɡi.la]
• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: an‧gui‧la

anguila f (plural anguiles)

1. eel (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

From Latin anguīlla.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋˈɡi.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aŋˈɡi.la]

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• Rhymes: -ila
• Hyphenation: an‧gui‧la

anguila f (plural anguiles)

1. eel (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

• angula

• “anguila”, 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
• “anguila”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “anguila” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “anguila” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin anguīlla.

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anguila f (plural anguilas)

1. eel (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

• angèla
• anguièla

• anguilenc
• anguilat

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 57

• angiella, anguiella, anguilla

Inherited from Latin anguīlla.

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡila/
• Rhymes: -ila
• Hyphenation: an‧gui‧la

anguila f (plural anguilas)

1. eel

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “anguila”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 37
• “anguila”, in Vocabulario de comercio medieval [Vocabulary of medieval commerce] (in Spanish), Murcia: University of Murcia, 2013–2024

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡɥila/

anguila f (plural anguile)

1. eel

Inherited from Old Spanish anguila, from Latin anguīlla. Doublet of angula.

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡila/ [ãŋˈɡi.la]

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• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: an‧gui‧la

anguila f (plural anguilas)

1. eel

• → Fala: anguila

• “anguila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025