aguardiente
noun
aguar·di·en·te
ˌä-ˌgwär-dē-ˈen-tē,
-ˈdyen-(ˌ)tā
variants or less commonly aguardente or aquardiente
ˌä-ˌgwär-ˈden-tē,
-(ˌ)tā
ˌä-ˌkwär-dē-ˈen-tē,
-ˈdyen-(ˌ)tā
plural -s
: any of several distilled alcoholic beverages: such as
a
: a coarse brandy made in Spain and Portugal
b
: a liquor that is usually made from sugarcane and is common in South America, Central America, and the southwestern U.S.
Word History
Etymology
Spanish aguardiente, from agua water + ardiente burning, from Latin ardent-, ardens, present participle of ardēre to burn
First Known Use
1752, in the meaning defined above
- strain one's ears
- strain one's eyes
- strain one's neck
- strain oneself
- strain shadows
- strain sheet
- strain theory
- strainable
- strainableness
- strainably
- strained
- strainer
- strainer arch
- strainers
- straining
- straining arch
- straining beam
- straining piece
- straining sill
- strainingly
- strainings
- strainless
- strainlessly
- strainmeter
- strainometer