aguar
Asturian
Verb
aguar (first-person singular indicative present aguo, past participle aguáu)
- to water, water down, add water to
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Catalan
Alternative forms
- agusar (modern)
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Vulgar Latin *acūtiāre, derived from Latin acūtus.
Verb
aguar (first-person singular present agúo, first-person singular preterite agüí, past participle aguat)
- to sharpen
- Synonym: aguditzar
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- “aguar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading
- “aguar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “aguar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “aguar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Portuguese
Etymology
From água + -ar. Less likely from a Vulgar Latin *aquāre for Latin aquārī, or from adaquāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [aˈɡwa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aˈɡwa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [aˈɡwa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈɡwa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈɡwaɾ/ [ɐˈɣwaɾ]
- Hyphenation: a‧guar
Verb
aguar (first-person singular present (Brazil) águo or (Portugal) aguo, first-person singular preterite aguei, past participle aguado)
- (transitive) to water
- (transitive) to water down, dilute
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɡwaɾ/ [aˈɣ̞waɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧guar
Verb
aguar (first-person singular present aguo, first-person singular preterite agüé, past participle aguado)
- to water down, dilute
- to spoil
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “aguar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014