aguardente

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡwaʁˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/ [a.ɡwaɦˈdẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (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.tɨ/ [a.ɣwaɾˈðẽ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: a‧guar‧den‧te

Noun

aguardente f (plural aguardentes)

1. spirit (distilled alcoholic drink)

Derived terms

• aguardente bagaceira
• aguardente de cana
• aguardente vínica

 

Further reading

• aguardente on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt