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Webster 1913 Edition


Aguardiente


Aˊguar-di-en′te

,
Noun.
[Sp., contr. of
agua ardiente
burning water (L.
aqua
water +
ardens
burning).]
1.
A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal.
2.
A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque.
[Mexico and Spanish America.]

Definition 2024


aguardiente

aguardiente

English

Noun

aguardiente (plural aguardientes)

  1. An inferior brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
  2. A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.

References

  • aguardiente in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Noun

aguardiente f (plural aguardientes)

  1. aguardiente

Spanish

Etymology

agua + ardiente

Noun

aguardiente m (plural aguardientes)

  1. (hard) liquor, booze
  2. brandy