aguarrás

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps from Latin aqua rāsis (“pitch water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡwaˈras/ [a.ɣ̞waˈras]

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: a‧gua‧rrás

Noun

aguarrás m (plural aguarrás)

1. turpentine

Descendants

• → Tagalog: agwaras

Further reading

• “aguarrás”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28