Asturian

Noun

agua f ‎(plural agües)

1. water

Catalan

Verb

agua

1. third-person singular present indicative form of aguar
2. second-person singular imperative form of aguar

Chavacano

Noun

agua

1. water

References

• Chavacano Translation Dictionary

Fala

Noun

agua

1. water

References

• Apuntes socio-históricos y lingüísticos sobre a Fala do Val de Xalima

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡwa/, [ˈa.ɣwa]

Noun

agua f ‎(uncountable)

1. (proscribed) Alternative form of auga

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish agua, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Noun

agua f ‎(Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אגווה)

1. water

Old Portuguese

Alternative forms

• auga
• augua

Etymology

From Latin aqua ‎(“water”), from Proto-Italic *akʷā ‎(“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ ‎(“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡwa/

Noun

agua f

1. water
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 23 (facsimile):

     Como deꝯ fez uỹo dagua […] ‎

     Just as God turned water into wine […]

Descendants

• Fala: agua
• Galician: auga, agua
• Portuguese: água, auga
  • Angolar: awa
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: iagu
  • Kabuverdianu: águ
  • Korlai Creole Portuguese: ag
  • Kristang: agu
  • Papiamentu (?): awa
  • Principense: awa
  • Sãotomense: awa
    • Annobonese: aua

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ ‎(“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.ɣwa]

Noun

agua f (plural aguas)

1. water
   • c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v. b.

     Vino ioſep aſos ermanos. e priſierõ le & deſpoiarõle el palio. e echarōle en el pozo. & este pozo era bazio e no yauia agua.‎

     Joseph came to this brothers; they imprisoned him and unclothed him and threw him into the well, and this well was empty and had no water.

   • Idem, f. 13v. b.

     Tornarõ ſe todas las aguas ẽ ſãgre.‎

     And all of the waters turned into blood.

Descendants

• Ladino: agua (Latin spelling), אגוא (Hebrew spelling)
• Spanish: agua

Palenquero

Noun

agua

1. water

References

• Manuel Diaz-Campos, The Handbook of Hispanic Sociolinguistics (2011, ISBN 144439343X)

Portuguese

Noun

agua f (plural aguas)

1. Obsolete spelling of água

Sinacantán

Noun

agua

1. moon

References

• Vocabularios de la lengua xinca de Sinacantan (1868, D. Juan Gavarrete)

Spanish

Agua

Etymology

From Old Spanish agua, from Latin aqua (compare Catalan aigua, French eau, Galician auga, Italian acqua, Occitan aiga, Portuguese água, Romanian apă, Sardinian abba), from Proto-Italic *akʷā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. See English ea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡwa/, [ˈa.ɣwa]

Noun

agua f ‎(plural aguas)

1. water

   Quiere un vaso de agua fresca.‎ ― He wants a glass of cold water.

2. body of water
3. rain
4. (archaic) river, stream
5. (slang, in the plural) urine
6. (Guatemala) pop, soda (soft drink)

   Voy a comprar algo de agua.‎ ― I'm gonna buy some pop.

   Deme agua Pepsi.‎ ― Give me Pepsi.

Usage notes

• The feminine noun agua is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el agua

• However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

In Guatemala, since agua prototypically refers to a soft drink, the phrase agua pura is used to refer to water.

Synonyms

• (body of water): cuerpo de agua m
• (rain): aguacero m, lluvia f
• (urine): orina f
• (soft drink): soda f, bebida f (Chile), gaseosa f (El Salvador, Spain), refresco f (Mexico)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Hiligaynon: agwa
• Papiamento: awa

Verb

agua

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of aguar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of aguar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of aguar.