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]

• (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)

1. turpentine
2. (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]

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: a‧gua‧rrás

Noun

aguarrás m (plural aguarrás)

1. turpentine

Descendants

• → Portuguese: aguarrás
• → Tagalog: agwaras

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