água

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See also: agua, aguá, and aguà

Portuguese[edit]

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Água

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese agua (“water”), from Latin aqua (“water”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water”). Cognate with Galician auga, Spanish agua, Catalan aigua, Occitan aiga, French eau, Italian acqua and Romanian apă.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Rhymes: -aɡwɐ
  • Hyphenation: á‧gua
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Noun[edit]

água f (plural águas)

  1. (uncountable) water
  2. (informal) a bottle or a glass of water
    Queria uma água, se faz favor. ― I want a glass of water, please.
    Onde é que está a minha água? ― Where's my bottle of water?
  3. (in the plural) rain
    • 1972, Antônio Carlos Jobim (lyrics and music), “Águas de Março”:
      São as águas de março / Fechando o verão / É a promessa de vida / No teu coração
      It's the rain of March / Ending the Summer / It's the promise of life / In your heart
  4. (in the plural) waters, amniotic fluid
    Rebentaram-se-me as águas.
    My waters have broken.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Angolar: awa
  • Annobonese: aua
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: iagu
  • Indo-Portuguese: ag
  • Kabuverdianu: agu
  • Korlai Creole Portuguese: ag
  • Kristang: agu
  • Macanese: águ
  • Papiamentu: awa
  • Principense: awa
  • Sãotomense: awa

Further reading[edit]

  • “água” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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