aguardente

Portuguese

Etymology

From água (“water”) +‎ ardente (“fiery”). Compare Galician augardente, Spanish aguardiente and Catalan aiguardent.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwaʁˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/ [a.ɡwaɦˈdẽ.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwaɾˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwaʁˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwaɻˈdẽ.te/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwaɾˈdẽ.t(ɨ)/ [a.ɣwaɾˈðẽ.t(ɨ)]

Hyphenation: a‧guar‧den‧te

Noun

aguardente f (plural aguardentes)

spirit (distilled alcoholic drink)

Derived terms

aguardente bagaceira
aguardente de cana
aguardente vínica

Further reading

aguardente on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

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