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 2,236^th 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”)