acqua alta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian acqua alta (literally “high water”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌækwə ˈæltə/

acqua alta in St. Mark's Square

Noun

acqua alta (uncountable)

1. A phenomenon that regularly occurs in the city of Venice, Italy, typically during high and spring tide, involving the flooding of the most low-lying areas of Venice.

Translations

regular flooding in Venice

• Arabic: أَكّْوَا أَلْتَا f (ʔakkwā ʔaltā)
• Catalan: acqua alta f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 大潮 (zh) (dàcháo)

• Esperanto: alta akvo
• French: acqua alta (fr) f
• German: Acqua alta f, Hochwasser (de) n
• Greek: άκουα άλτα f or n (ákoua álta), παλίρροια (el) f (palírroia)
• Hebrew: אַקְוָה אַלטָה f (ákva álta)
• Italian: acqua alta f
• Japanese: アックア・アルタ (akkua aruta), アクア・アルタ (akua aruta), ^{(please verify)} 大潮 (ja) (おおしお, ōshio), ^{(please verify)} おおしお (ja) (ōshio)
• Kannada: ಆಕ್ವಾ ಆಲ್ಟಾ (ākvā ālṭā)
• Korean: 아쿠아 알타 (akua alta)
• Polish: acqua alta f
• Portuguese: acqua alta f
• Russian: наводне́ние (ru) n (navodnénije), наводне́ние в Вене́ции n (navodnénije v Venécii)
• Slovene: visôka vôda f
• Spanish: acqua alta f
• Venetian: acua alta f, aqua alta f

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “high water”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈak.kwa ˈal.ta/

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• Hyphenation: àc‧qua‧àl‧ta

Noun

acqua alta f (plural acque alte)

1. (usually uncountable) acqua alta (regular flooding in Venice)

Related terms

• alta marea

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian acqua alta (literally “high water”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kwɐ ˈaw.tɐ/ [ˈa.kwɐ ˈaʊ̯.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kwɐ ˈaw.tɐ/ [ˈa.kwɐ ˈaʊ̯.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kwa ˈaw.ta/ [ˈa.kwa ˈaʊ̯.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.kwɐ ˈal.tɐ/ [ˈa.kwɐ ˈaɫ.tɐ]

Noun

acqua alta f (usually uncountable, plural acque alte)

1. acqua alta (regular flooding in Venice)