água

See also: agua, aguá, and aguà

Portuguese

Água

Alternative forms

auga (regional)
agua, ágoa, agoa (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese agua (“water”), from Latin aqua (“water”), from Proto-Italic *akʷā (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Cognate with Galician auga, Spanish agua, Catalan aigua, Occitan aiga, French eau, Italian acqua and Romanian apă.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡwɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡwa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡwɐ/ [ˈa.ɣwɐ]

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Hyphenation: á‧gua

Noun

água f (plural águas)

(uncountable) water
(informal) a bottle or a glass of water
Queria uma água, se faz favor. ― I want a glass of water, please.
Onde é que está a minha água? ― Where's my bottle of water?
(in the plural) rain
- 1972, Antônio Carlos Jobim (lyrics and music), “Águas de Março”:
  São as águas de março / Fechando o verão / É a promessa de vida / No teu coração
  It's the rain of March / Ending the Summer / It's the promise of life / In your heart
(in the plural) waters, amniotic fluid
Rebentaram-se-me as águas.
My waters have broken.

Derived terms

aguinha (diminutive)

Related terms

aguar
agueiro
aquário
aquático
aqueduto
aquoso
gomil

Descendants

Angolar: awa
Annobonese: aua
Guinea-Bissau Creole: iagu
Indo-Portuguese: ag
Kabuverdianu: agu
Korlai Creole Portuguese: ag
Kristang: agu
Macanese: águ
Papiamentu: awa
Principense: awa
Sãotomense: awa