agwardiyente

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• aguwardiyente — superseded, pre-2014
• agwardyente — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish agua

Latin ardentem

Spanish ardiente

blend

Spanish aguardientebor.

Tagalog agwardiyente

Borrowed from Spanish aguardiente (“hard liquor”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaɡwaɾdiˈente/ [ʔɐɡ.wɐɾˈd͡ʒɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔaɡwaɾdiˈente/ [ʔɐɡ.wɐɾˈd̪jɛn̪.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ag‧war‧di‧yen‧te

Noun

agwardiyente (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ᜔ᜏᜇ᜔ᜇᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. alcoholic drink; hard liquor; ardent spirits

   Synonyms: alak, alkohol

Derived terms

• agwardiyentihan

Related terms

• agwa
• agwardiyente denaturado

Further reading

• “agwardiyente”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 18