aguardiente

aguardiente

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aguardiente.

Noun

aguardiente (countable and uncountable, plural aguardientes)

1. A kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
2. A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.

References

• aguardiente in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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French

Noun

aguardiente f (plural aguardientes)

1. aguardiente

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Spanish

Etymology

agua +‎ ardiente

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡwaɾˈdjente/ [a.ɣ̞waɾˈð̞jẽn̪.t̪e]

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: a‧guar‧dien‧te

Noun

aguardiente m (plural aguardientes)

1. (hard) liquor, booze
2. brandy

Derived terms

• aguardentoso

Descendants

• → Tagalog: agwardiyente

Further reading

• “aguardiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014