aguardiente
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish aguardiente.
Noun edit
aguardiente (countable and uncountable, plural aguardientes)
- A kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
- A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.
References edit
- “aguardiente”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Noun edit
aguardiente f (plural aguardientes)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /aɡwaɾˈdjente/ [a.ɣ̞waɾˈð̞jẽn̪.t̪e]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: a‧guar‧dien‧te
Noun edit
aguardiente m (plural aguardientes)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Tagalog: agwardiyente
Further reading edit
- “aguardiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014