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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

aguardiente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ah-gwahr-dyen-teh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Aguardente/ˌaɡwɐɾˈdẽt(i)/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"En muchas regiones se celebra la feria del aguardiente."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A broad category of strong alcoholic beverages produced by the distillation of fermented fruit mash, pomace, or grain, commonly known as firewater in various cultures.

    "He ordered a glass of traditional aguardente to conclude the heavy meal."
  2. 2

    A specific regional spirit, such as grape-based aguardente in Portugal or sugarcane-based variations in Latin America.

    "The local distiller crafted artisan aguardente flavored with native herbs."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Portuguese and Spanish compound words 'água' (water) and 'ardente' (burning), tracing back to the Latin 'aqua ardens'. The term historically emerged during the Middle Ages to describe distilled alcoholic beverages obtained through the fermentation and distillation of various agricultural bases.

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