aguarrás
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish aguarrás, perhaps from Latin aqua rāsis (“pitch water”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ɡwaˈʁa(j)s/ [a.ɡwaˈha(ɪ̯)s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.ɡwaˈʁa(j)ʃ/ [a.ɡwaˈχa(ɪ̯)ʃ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.ɡwɐˈʁaʃ/ [ɐ.ɣwɐˈʁaʃ]
- Hyphenation: a‧guar‧rás
Noun
aguarrás f (usually uncountable, invariable)
- turpentine
- (Sergipe, figuratively, colloquial) cachaça, spirit (distilled alcoholic beverage)
- Synonyms: aguardente, cachaça
Further reading
- “aguarrás”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “aguarrás”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “aguarrás”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “aguarrás”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Alternative forms
- aguarraz (misspelling)
Etymology
Perhaps from Latin aqua rāsis (“pitch water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡwaˈras/ [a.ɣ̞waˈras]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: a‧gua‧rrás
Noun
aguarrás m (plural aguarrás)
Descendants
Further reading
- “aguarrás”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025