agua

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) water
2. (feminine) body of water
3. (feminine) rain
4. (archaic,feminine) river, stream
5. (feminine,in-plural,slang) urine
6. (Guatemala,feminine) pop, soda (soft drink)
7. (Latin-America,feminine) infusion

Verb

1. (form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of aguar:
2. (form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of aguar:

Concepts

water

body of water

rain

H2O

soda

see hacer aguas

see hacerse la boca agua

wake

aqua

wet

waters

water supply

water system

rainwater

waterless

wæter

lake

pool

fizzy drink

juice

refresher

soda pop

soft drink

liquid

water body

drinking water

flowing water

foul water

running

Hyphenated as

a‧gua

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaɡwa/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish agua, from Latin aqua (compare Catalan aigua, French eau, Galician auga, Italian acqua, Occitan aiga, Portuguese água, Romanian apă, Sardinian abba), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. See English ea.

Sentences

Sin embargo son extremadamente sensibles al agua .

However, they are extremely sensitive to water.

Se posa en piedras sobre el agua .

It rests on stones on the water.

Es uno de los acuíferos más grandes en volumen de agua en el mundo .

It is one of the largest aquifers by volume of water in the world.

Su hábitat es de agua dulce , nunca desciende al mar .

Its habitat is freshwater, it never descends to the sea.

Una pequeña parte del agua de lluvia se recupera para riego y consumo humano .

A small part of the rainwater is recovered for irrigation and human consumption.

Bebe el agua a chorros y el vino a sorbos .

Drink the water by squirting and the wine by sipping.

La torta resultante se lava con agua para eliminar los nitratos .

The resulting cake is washed with water to remove nitrates.

Todas las grasas son insolubles en agua y tienen una densidad significativamente inferior .

All fats are insoluble in water and have a significantly lower density.